Call Me Scrivener

Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no knowledge of writing Mac applications, and wanting a word processor that would be more appropriate for his creative writing and a PhD thesis, Keith Blount thought he would delve into programming and see whether he could learn how to write the app he wanted.

After much hard work, Scrivener was born.

This chapter is for Scrivener newcomers, but those who want to understand the app more deeply should also give it a read. I look at the philosophical underpinnings of Scrivener, how to Create a New Project, and What’s Inside a Scrivener Project. I also describe the basic parts of the Scrivener window in Discover the Scrivener Window.

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