Scrivener rocks! (59)

I have been using Scrivener for a while now. It’s a tool for writers and since I do quite a bit of writing it comes in very handy.

Some of the features I like and use often:
- different views on the same content;
- full screen mode (no other windows visible);
- import .pdf in a project.

And today I discovered a new one:
- a screenplay mode.

The screenplay mode uses some presets, such as “Scene heading”, “Dialogue”, “Shot”, that you can select which translates the text you write into a page lay-out suited for screenplays.

So far, most of my video work were projects without a clear scenario. For tomorrow’s client project, however, I took the classic approach and created a scenario first, using Scrivener. And it really helped to structure my ideas and streamline it into a document that I can use while filming tomorrow.

I’m convinced that I can do a lot more with Scrivener, but even for the few features I use, this piece of software is worth more than €30,02 ($39,95) for a licence. Go try it for yourself (Mac only!).

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