Birgit: If you have some kind of scene or chapter divider (like # or CHAPTER), you can use File-->Import and Split and input the dividing character(s). Scrivener will automatically split whenever it encounters the character(s) on their own line.

If you use File-->Import, a single Word document will import as a single Scrivener document, even if you have dividers. HTH!

April: Scrivener is great for those with OCD, and for those who are complete slobs (for whom project search is brilliant). 😉 The Scrivener website has several videos on the compile process that might help (http://www.literatureandlatte.com/videos.php). My book covers Compile in a fair amount of detail (70 pages!), and I have an online class devoted to compiling. The next one is in December, but if you're interested in accessing the previous class forum, shoot me an email at gwen @ gwenhernandez . com. Good luck!

However, I am fast going blind, and need to import everything into a screenreader accessible format. Fast.

I tried Scrivener on my Mac.

To say it appeals to my OCD is a serious understatement.

First, I dumped in all of Trails 5 (which includes all research and notes from Trails 1-4). Fun! Easy, at my fingertips!

Two days ago, I copied and put in Trails 3 to finish cleanup and prepare for publication next month.

Still having a few formatting for the various formats questions. Some aspects are a bit hidden. Any help finding step by step instructions is appreciated.

The only bad part: the grammar checker is abysmal. Unless I have something marked incorrectly.

At least exporting to Word, Pages, or Libre Office for grammar checks and back is easy.

Freya: I haven't used prowritingaid. Maybe you could add that request to the Scrivener wish list forum. 😉

Great analogy, Robert. Scrivener sounds perfect for what you're trying to do. Maybe once you get more comfortable with it, you can skip Word and write right inside Scrivener. 😉 Good luck with your new project!

I am working on a book with two main characters. Each have important events before the book begins. Scrivener should allow me to work on those scenes separately and out of chronological order and move them into the story line as appropriate.

I also want to use Scrivener to break the story into individual scenes rather than chapters. This should help me maintain better scene structure.

Regardless, I think most of my plotting will be done with pen and paper and sometimes Word. Once I have an outline of the needed scenes, I'll import them into Scrivener.