Latest update (8 November 2010): I got Scrivener for Windows!
I saw Scrivener reviewed on 43Folders and clicked through to the company that made it, Literature and Latte (cool name!). It looks like a word processor designed by a writer not a software engineer. It has great features for planning and structuring plays and novels and a good full screen mode.
Although I have a Mac, I use a Windows PC for my day-to-day work and I really don’t want to have two systems just to use a new word processor. So, hey, come Literature and Latte – how about a Windows version?
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What do you use instead of scrivener on your PC? Because God only knows how much a good program like this would benefit the writing process.
Good onya,
DSW
I use Microsoft Word and I’ve just switched to the 2007 version which does have a word count built into the window so you don’t have to keep pressing a button to see how you’re doing.
Same here. I have a MacBook, but my home desktop and work desktop are PCs. I love the drag-and-drop of document sections that Scrivener gives you. Plus the database (file management) integration.
yWriter is the closest I can find to Scrivener on Windows. It’s not as pretty, and some of it is a tad unintuitive, but it’s worth a look
http://www.spacejock.com/yWriter.html
Forgot to mention, Celtx is very close to Scrivener, is free, and for windows
http://www.celtx.com/
The first advertisement I saw for Scrivener’s cork board said it could be used with Microsoft.
Later advertisements, which included additional features, advertised for “Mac” only. I guess I waited too long for purchase, it being only for the instantly gratifiable rich.
Yes, it looks like a great addition. I want to keep using the word processor I have, but would like some of Scrivener’s features.
Yes, Hurray for Scriveners cooperation with Microsoft and I wish it would happen.
I use PageFour. I love its interface but it doesn’t have all the feature of scrivener.
I checked with the developer and, alas, they do not plan a WIN version. You can try ZOOT or myBase or other two-or-three pane outliners, but they are not nearly as elegant, and utilitarian, as Scrivener. Strange they do not plan a WIN version, since it is by far the largest market.
I’m a proud mac user and prouder Scrivener user. i’m also active on the Scrivener site. the developer is a mac guy… he develops mac programs and patches etc. there has been no talk of a windows version that i’ve come across.
but for the record, the program is the best thing i’ve ever been able to use. the $30.00 i payed for it was so worth it. sucks that you windows users (aka, those of you stuck in the late 90′s) have to miss out:)
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I wonder why anyone isn´t trying to run Scrivener on PC with OSX emulation??? This must be possible, Mac is perfectly compatible with X86.
Re: I wonder why…
Same reason 95% of the market hasn’t vaulted the fence…who wants to take out a mortgage for a piece of software?
I use and love CeltX. I would use and love Scrivener, but alas, a Cocoa developer is a Cocoa developer.
Many thanks to those who posted scrivener alternatives for Windows.
I love scrivener on my Mac, but alas, our school gave each of us teachers a PC laptop on loan, so most of my planning gets done on the PC–you can see how scrivener would be a HUGE help here! And I can’t quite justify getting a Mac laptop just so I can run scrivener…I wish…
Try SuperNotecard. Mindola.com. It’s basically Scrivener for Win.
Here’s what I’d like to see: a browser-based version of Scrivener that was OS-independent. Around six years ago, I bought a Windows-only note-taking desktop app called Evernote that was fantastic; however, in order to “sync” it with more than one computer, you basically had to use a thumbdrive. Now, Evernote has a web (browser) app as well as desktop apps for Windows and the Mac (but you can just use the web app if you want). Pie-in-the-sky dreams, but….
Did you try Celtx ?
It’s a scriptwriting software, but very very flexible.
It is the best software I know on PC and linux… and it’s free !
http://celtx.com
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Keeper is a writer’s organizer for the PC with similiar features to Scrivener. http://yourothermind.com/?page_id=11
Try Liquid Story Binder XE. I haven’t seen anything better for Win than this one. It includes even more functions.
http://www.blackobelisksoftware.com/
I’d highly recommend Mendely – it’s a powerful database management / bibliographic piece of software available on Mac / Win AND Linux. It’s free, syncs across the web, and has a very nice note-taking feature with pdfs.
http://www.mendeley.com
Mendeley is a research manager, not a writing environment.
Sadly, none of these Windows programs offer things like MultiMarkdown export or LaTeX export. These capabilities are what set Scrivener apart from other similar programs.
I use both Macs and PCs and would love to see Scrivener work on both, but some of what makes Scrivener great would be difficult if not impossible to do on Windows.
Check this out:
http://twitter.com/ScrivenerApp/status/14290901261
It’s possible we *might* be seeing Scrivener for windows at some point in the future.
Scrivener for Windows exists! Its name is Writing Outliner (http://writingoutliner.com/) and is better than Scrivener because its fantastic integration with MS Word 2007 & 2010!
Scrivener for Windows does indeed exist! Or, it will exist. Check out the latest news.
http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivenerforwindows/
storybox software looks like the closest avialable scrivener clone in look and feel.
http://www.storyboxsoftware.com/
altho as mentioned above, scrivener-for-windows may be an official product from scrivener, to be released in a few months.
BTW, SCHRIVNER FOR WINDOWS DOES EXIST NOW!
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