Scrivener
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“Word processors are too much, Scrivener is even more, and code editors are too little.”
Miriam Suzanne Interview, Artist, author, web developer · via Uses This 
“First: I don't know how anyone has ever written a book without Scrivener.”
Jude Ellison S. Doyle Interview, Writer · via Uses This 
“I wrote my most recent book in Scrivener but, if I’m being honest, I could’ve done most that in Apple Notes too, it’s just that it made me feel more of an Actual Writer to be using Scriviner.”
Adrian Hon Interview, CEO (Six to Start) · via Uses This 
“For writing, I write in Scrivener almost exclusively.”
Margaret Killjoy Interview, Sci-fi author, podcaster, musician · via Uses This 
“I wrote my book in Scrivener, which is the best software I've tried for long-form writing projects.”
Kate Sloan Interview, Freelance writer · via Uses This 
“For medium to longer writing, I use the ever- and exceptionally-capable Scrivener.”
Aurynn Shaw Interview, DevOps evangelist, giver of talks, writer of software, conference junkie, profes · via Uses This 
“I'm working on a book in Scrivener.”
Naomi Parkhurst Interview, Knitting designer · via Uses This 
“Once my advisor gave notes on each chapter, I imported all of the individual documents into Scrivener to edit the book as a whole.”
Dominique Dickey Interview, Writer, editor · via Uses This 
“I've heard lots of great stuff about Scrivener but can't be bothered switching now.”
Ninian Doff Interview, Writer, music director · via Uses This 
“Scrivener is great for longer projects, even though I don't touch most of the features.”
Angela Chen Interview, Science journalist, writer, editor · via Uses This 
“I’m a big advocate of Scrivener.”
Madeline Ashby Interview, Sci-fi author, futurist · via Uses This 
“I know other authors swear by Scrivener but I like an old faithful word processor.”
Samantha Allen Interview, Writer, journalist · via Uses This 
“I used Scrivener several years ago when I wrote my first book, which I loved and would use again.”
Nick Suttner Interview, Game writer, designer, consultant · via Uses This 
“For my book, I've used Scrivener to store all my research notes.”
Audrey Watters Interview, Writer (Hack Education) · via Uses This 
“For editing and writing, I use Scrivener, my all-time favorite word processor.”
Tanner McSwain Interview, Owner, Uncharted Books · via Uses This 
“I'm writing a book using Scrivener for the first draft.”
Audrey Eschright Interview, Software engineer, community organiser · via Uses This 
“When I'm writing large amounts of text (either a piece of non-interactive fiction or text for a text-heavy game), I use Scrivener.”
John Ayliff Interview, Writer, game developer · via Uses This 
“When I'm writing my books I use Scrivener which I love and am quite evangelical about.”
Sophie Cunningham Interview, Writer, artist, adjunct professor (RMIT) · via Uses This 
“It stops me from being distracted by the usual web culprits when I'm trying to write a book in Scrivener.”
Aleks Krotoski Interview, Psychologist, journalist · via Uses This 
“I impulsively bought Scrivener a few years ago and was helpful for organizing pieces of writing, and I'll open it and try to commit but there's never longevity.”
Darcie Wilder Interview, Writer · via Uses This 
“For writing (especially long-form work like books and theses), I love Scrivener.”
Dan Golding Interview, Academic, author, composer · via Uses This 
“I'm also writing a non-work-related book, and for that I use Scrivener.”
Adam Roberts Interview, Writer, newsletter producer (SitePoint) · via Uses This 
“I wrote my book entirely in Scrivener and it made the whole thing possible.”
Sarah Werner Interview, Independent librarian, book historian · via Uses This 
“And finally Scrivener for writing, as it feels like software designed for writers, not typers.”
Rex Crowle Interview, Game designer, illustrator (LittleBigPlanet, Knights And Bikes) · via Uses This 
“I use Scrivener to write novels, it's frustrating that it doesn't work on mobile devices but it's still worth the fuss of carrying a laptop for writing.”
Viviane Schwarz Interview, Writer, illustrator, creator · via Uses This 
“I do almost all my writing in Scrivener.”
Kirby Ferguson Interview, Filmmaker, writer, speaker (Everything is a Remix) · via Uses This 
“Scrivener (with Antony Johnston's template) for writing comics.”
Kelly Sue DeConnick Interview, Comic book, TV writer · via Uses This 
“Lots of writers tell me I should use Scrivener, but it's much easier for me to keep using what I know than learn something new.”
Bruce Schneier Interview, Security technologist · via Uses This 
“For writing, I use the Scrivener app for my drafts, separate notebooks for each project (the medium-sized Muji ones are nice), and index cards.”
Erin McKean Interview, Founder of Wordnik · via Uses This 
“For books and features, I write in Scrivener.”
Melissa Gira Grant Interview, Writer, freelance journalist · via Uses This 
“And for longer writing projects, such as books, I use Scrivener.”
Samuel Arbesman Interview, Writer, complexity scientist · via Uses This 
“I also write long-form fiction in my spare time, for which there's no better tool in the world than Scrivener.”
Matt Gemmell Interview, Mac and iOS developer · via Uses This 
“I'm working on a book at the moment and Scrivener is really as magnificent as everyone says.”
Joanne McNeil Interview, Writer, editor · via Uses This 
“I'm writing the next book in Scrivener.”
Gabriel Roth Interview, Writer, web developer · via Uses This 
“But I keep hearing all kinds of writers raving about Scrivener, and am looking forward to trying it out soon.”
Maria Bustillos Interview, Writer · via Uses This 
“For long-format writing, I usually use Scrivener, which is a complete godsend - seriously, if you are a fiction writer and you're not using Scrivener, what's wrong with you?”
Flourish Klink Interview, Story-teller, lecturer, IF writer · via Uses This 
“When something looks like it might grow into a bigger deal - whether it's a story, a novel, or even something like an iOS story app (?!) - I'll start a Scrivener project, usually by just pasting in a bunch of those notes and text files.”
Robin Sloan Interview, Writer, media inventor · via Uses This 
“My main writing tool is Scrivener.”
Antony Johnston Interview, Writer (Wasteland, Dead Space) · via Uses This 
“That's when I reach for Scrivener, a writer's tool which is to novels as an IDE is to software development.”
Charlie Stross Interview, Novelist, recovering software developer · via Uses This 
“Scrivener for big writing projects, especially in the researching and outlining phase.”
Jordan Mechner Interview, Game designer (Prince of Persia), screenwriter · via Uses This 
“I use Scrivener for longer-form writing, which has a ton of features I don't need but a few that are really spectacular.”
Jack Cheng Interview, Writer, designer (Disrupto, Memberly) · via Uses This 
“Scrivener makes me want to write more, but I tend to fall back to TextMate or Mail for writing drafts.”
Toby Boudreaux Interview, Technologist, programmer, product designer · via Uses This 
“I write my books and comics scripts in Scrivener.”
Douglas Rushkoff Interview, Media theorist, writer · via Uses This 
“For longer writing - articles, big blog posts, fiction (whisper it quietly) - I adore Scrivener.”
Tom Armitage Interview, Game designer, technologist (Hide and Seek) · via Uses This 
“I used Scrivener to write my book, it's the best thing there is.”
Jessamyn West Interview, Librarian, MetaFilter community manager · via Uses This 
“I use Scrivener to handle text while writing a book.”
Kevin Kelly Interview, Writer, co-founder of Wired · via Uses This 
“If it's something more complicated I use Scrivener.”
Joshua Allen Interview, Funny writer dude · via Uses This 
“For assembling research for academic purposes, I like Scrivener.”
Emily Short Interview, Interactive narrative consultant · via Uses This 
“For all my notes, task management and writing, I use Scrivener (I'm using its full-screen mode as I write).”
Steph Thirion Interview, Game developer (Eliss) · via Uses This
