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I first gave Scrivener a try about ten years ago. There was a sale, and people had said good things about it, so I thought what the heck. But then I found it had far more features than I really had a good use for, and I was comfortable using Word, so I kinda bounced off it.

Cut to now.

I'm putting the finishing touches on the Stucky story that I've been struggling with for just about two years now. It's 38K words, has two timelines, and I needed to break it into manageable chapters for posting. I set up a spreadsheet with page numbers and scene descriptions to try and work out where the chapters breaks should fall. It was a major pain in the ass that was giving me a headache. Also not giving me joy is Word constantly trying to upgrade me to their subscription version. No thank you, Microsoft.

I idly think maybe this would be easier in Scrivener. And notice Scrivener has a deal if you've got an old license, which I do. So, what the heck, I take the plunge.

And WOW! I don't just like Scrivener now. I love it! Having the ability to see your scenes in card format made it so much easier to see how to structure it all. And the research folder is going to come in handy for the next big thing I want to work on (Stucky in the Pacific theatre, which is going to need a metric crapton of research material.)

Consider this my endorsement for Scrivener. It's not super cheap ($67 CAD) but it's 40% off if you have an old license, They have a 30 day trial if you want to give it a spin.

And stayed tuned for 38K of Stucky set both in 1938 Brooklyn and 2018 Wakanda, coming as soon as I get the beta back on the final two chapters.