#Scrivener and simplenote software

Trying to run Scrivener (installation was without error) it told me precisely which libraries were missing. Well, one of the nice things about Linux is the error messages. Unfortunately, it depends upon some old libraries that are not in the “software store” for Linux Mint 19.2. You can download it, yourself, from Literature and Latte’s site. I had dug up an old Scrivener for Linux beta, several years ago.

I couldn’t even find a non-organizing text editor with a word count target bell.įinally, I returned to an old project. I even tried just using SimpleNote (which is somewhat compatible with the back end of Scrivener). I moved on to oStorybook, CherryTree notes, Joplin, Draftman, etc. Alas, using it was somewhat painful, and I couldn’t find the most important feature of a NaNo writing tool - the word count target bell! The interface was a little kludgy in comparison to Scrivener (perhaps a tablet inspired look?) but the main pieces seemed to be there. I realized that there might be some similar software, so I started looking. NaNo without Scrivener was a daunting prospect. Available on Mac and Windows, they even have a synced iPad app, which was nice at the time.

#Scrivener and simplenote software

While Kimia (and Jack) continue to use StoryMill on the Mac, I switched over to Scrivener a few years back, and I believe it’s the king of this software category. There are lots of apps out there to help you write: most of them seem to focus on helping you focus (by covering up your screen except for where you’re typing), while a few also work on helping you to organize your writing project. I opted out last year, and the year before that I was mostly working in Mac OS, so I did all of my writing in Scrivener. My son is the most excited about National Novel Writing Month, but Kimia and I are also participating in the competition to write 50,000 words in a month.