I’ve pretty much decided that Scrivener 3 for windows is dead in the water so I’m off to find an alternative. Preferably an alternative that doesn’t have the learning curve that Scrivener has.

Mostly I write with whatever word processor I feel like using. But I also keep notebooks, file cards, and loose sheets of paper with character references and world descriptions. As a result, no matter how often I clean it, my office looks like I’ve never touched it.

My current filing system is stacks of papers and folders so I have to work to remember where I put one of my references. While it’s a great excuse to take a break, it also breaks my concentration. Which makes it a bitch to keep focused.

So, I’m off to find something to keep me organized.

yWriter is a free (you can register it for a fee that’s mostly to keep the author in business), one man operation, with only windows support. What yWriter does differently from other writing software is that it breaks up your great American novel into scenes instead of chapters. This gives you smaller chunks so work with but it doesn’t work well with my mind set.

So I next tried Final Draft, which is the screen writing software used by a bunch of pros. But it doesn’t lend itself to novel writing. besides, Final Draft 11 is $200 on sale. – Ask any aspiring author, that’s a lot of money if you don’t have a market to sell your book/script.

iA Writer is essentially a markdown platform, but it does give you a distraction free environment. What I found interesting is that it was difficult to find the actual sales page. – $29.99 plus tax for windows. Unfortunately I need more organization than it gives me.

Hey. Scrivener 3 is out. Yippy, dippy, hip-hip, hurray. I’m off to download it. With my discount it was $24.99 instead of $49. This is what they say about discounts:

Upgrade Pricing

The update to Scrivener 3 is free for users who bought Scrivener 1 on or after 20th November 2017. Users who purchased Scrivener 1 for Windows before that can buy Scrivener 3 with a 49% discount. The upgrade fee is the same for both the regular and education licences. Only users who purchased from our store, or from a reseller that provides activation through our store, are eligible for discounted update pricing.

Obviously, they don’t care about early adopters or spell checkers. – it’s “licenses” not “licences.”

If you’re wondering about these latest posts. Or any of my randomness, what can I say? I’m bored outta my fuckin’ skull… Does it show?