However, there are a few features that I am enjoying very much. So I finally bought a new laptop last week, installed Scrivener, and so far I’m very happy.Īs of right now, I have not gotten to the point of compiling a print version of anything because I am still in the process of writing this book. I wanted to use this program for a while now, but there’s no online version so I couldn’t use it on my Chromebook. This is a program that was made for book writers that will automatically compile your completed document into a print-ready format. I knew that I’d need something else if I didn’t want the hassle.īeing amongst writers online, you tend to hear of a few specific ideas again and again. Formatting became a nightmare, but through this process, I also learned that Microsoft Word wasn’t really sufficient either. I had manually done things like hitting the ‘tab’ button to indent the first line of new paragraphs and hitting ‘enter’ multiple time after each chapter heading before writing.
Not only that, but when I started to format it for a print edition of the book, there were so many little changes I had to make in order for it to look right. These aren’t automatically changed in Google Doc, so I had to find each one and change it manually. Also, I realized had I used MS Word from the start, I wouldn’t have had to change short hyphens to the longer dashes used for dialogue interruptions. After exporting the file into a Word doc, I noticed that the amount of pages were different and there were some weird page break placements. Now, while it behaves very similarly to Microsoft Word, and even allows you to export into that file type, it is not the same. I wrote my last book, Pangaea: Unsettled Land, entirely using Google Docs. To be specific, the tool I’ve begun using is Scrivener. Some of the tools I’m using to write have changed and I’m finding that I like it much better.
I’ve gotten into a groove where I’m writing every day, and unlike the project that’s now on hold, the story still feels fresh every time I sit down to write. I’ve begun work on a science fiction novel and the progress is coming along well.
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