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Scrivener

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Nathan Barry
@nathanbarry · Founder, ConvertKit
I use Scrivener for all my books and other large writing projects. You can get it 50% off today from AppSumo. Here are a few things I love: 1. Folders and documents inside a project. Once I write an outline for a new book I then create a folder within the project for each chapter, then a document for each section. Then each day I sit down to write I scan t… See more
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
Excellent overview, @nathanbarry. Here's a link to the Appsumo deal, available for 158 hours and 58 minutes :) http://www.appsumo.com/scrivener/ I've heard many good things about Scrivener although I find it hard to move away from @natekontny's Draft (http://draftin.com, http://producthunt.co/posts/61).
Mark Bao
@markbao · Founder, Ambition
@nathanbarry, thanks for this! I recently started using Scrivener for writing papers and long blog posts, and it's a joy. I've been through a long process of finding the perfect (software) environment for writing on Mac. It seems like there's two distinct categories: — Minimal apps for "just writing" — The best-known contenders here are iA Writer, Byword,… See more
Thomas K. Running
@tkrunning · Nomad, Teleport
Like Ryan I really like Draft, but I have been looking for an alternative with offline access (a must for me). Scrivener looks solid, but I'll check out Ulysses as well. Thanks for sharing, @nathanbarry and @markbao!
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
Great discussion. Like Thomas, one of my biggest gripes with Draft is its lack of offline support. I'm sure that somewhere on Nate's to-do list though. :)