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Hello 2012 Wrimos,
I’m Keith, the developer of a software program for writers called Scrivener, and just as we have for the past few years, once again we at Literature & Latte would like to offer all NaNoWriMo winners the chance to get Scrivener for only 50% of its regular price. (You can use this offer on either the Mac or Window version - or on both, if you buy a licence for each at the same time.) And even if you don't win NaNoWriMo (but it's too early to be a defeatist yet), you can get 20% off Scrivener regardless.
(Note: If you already know what Scrivener is and aren't in the mood for reading a rambling post from a loquacious software developer, you can happily skip ahead to the "Special NaNoWriMo Trial Version" and "Special Offer" sections below.)
What is Scrivener?
Full information about Scrivener can be found here:
http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php
In brief, though, Scrivener is designed to help hammer out the first draft of a long text such as a novel, finding its structure along the way. It allows you to keep multiple text documents in the same project, to navigate between them fluidly and easily, and to view them separately or combined (so, for instance, you could write and edit scenes individually or pull back to see them in the context of the chapter or entire draft whenever you want). You can also look at two documents alongside one another, or import and refer to research such as PDF documents, images, web pages and media files, right next to your writing. To help you structure your draft, there is an outliner and a virtual corkboard: you can assign a synopsis to each text chunk in the project and thus build up an overview in the the corkboard and outliner, which you can then use to rearrange the text or mark out new scenes or chapters that need writing.
All of these tools are designed to be entirely flexible - you can meticulously outline everything before you start, if you like, or you can tap out an exploratory first draft without any planning at all and use the structuring features for the revision process afterwards. So it doesn't matter whether you're a plotter, a "pantser", or if you fall somewhere in-between.
I wrote Scrivener because it's the tool I wanted for my own writing. I was fed up with having multiple chapters written in Word scattered around my hard drive, trying to sort through all my notes and research, attempting to organise and get an overview of everything. Scrivener isn't the sort of writing software that presumes to tell you how to write (I'm not a fan of that sort of software myself - nor am I anyone to tell others how to write); instead it just provides a number of tools that I hope are a lot more geared towards organising and writing a lengthy first draft than a standard word processor. I'm not going to claim everybody needs this sort of software, but if, like me, you've ever struggled with getting an overview of your novel and keeping all of its disparate threads and ideas together, then I hope you'll give it a whirl, and I'd be delighted if in some small way it helps some of you attain your 50,000 words this year.
Who Uses Scrivener?
In case you were thinking that specialist writing software was just for procrastinators (you only need Word! No, a typewriter! No, a quill! A chisel!) - and not at all just because I like nothing better than name-dropping - I should mention that Scrivener is used by all sorts of writers (not just novelists, either - it is used by academics, biographers, technical writers, lawyers, journalists and script-writers too). Many bestselling authors use Scrivener, including Hugo Award winners and Booker long-listed novelists. John Lanchester planned out his acclaimed literary novel Capital using Scrivener. SF authors Neal Stephenson and Charles Stross have been using Scrivener for their recent novels, too. Bestselling thriller writer David Hewson used it to turn the hugely popular Danish TV show The Killing into a novel. Erin Morgenstern, who wrote the first drafts of the bestselling The Night Circus during NaNoWriMo, likewise uses Scrivener.
You can see what a few published authors who use Scrivener have to say about it here: http://www.literatureandlatte.com/testimonials.php
Right, enough of the hard sell!
System Requirements
Scrivener is currently available for Mac and for Windows, and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or above and Windows XP or above. We also have a Linux beta version that is fully-functional although not yet officially supported, which can be downloaded from our forums: http://www.literatureandlatte.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=33
We also have iPad and iPhone versions in development, which will be released in the first quarter of 2013.
(Note that the NaNoWriMo offer only pertains to the currently-available Mac and Windows versions.)
Special NaNoWriMo Scrivener Trial Version
As always, we want to try to make it as easy as possible to use Scrivener during this year's NaNoWriMo. For that reason, we're once again providing a special NaNoWriMo 2012 trial version of Scrivener. Normally, Scrivener's free trial period lasts for 30 non-consecutive days. (This means that it doesn't run out until you have used it on thirty different days - so, for instance, if you used it only twice a week, it would last for fifteen weeks.) But of course, you are going to want to try out Scrivener before November starts to see if you will be comfortable writing your 50,000 words in it, then you are going to need thirty full days of use during November, and after the month ends, if you decide that Scrivener isn't for you (although obviously I hope you will love it and decide to continue using it!), you will want to get your work out again. And that's more than thirty days of use (can you tell I was a maths ace in school?).
For these reasons, the special NaNoWriMo trial version will work all the way up until the 7th December, so that you have the rest of October to get used to it and the first week of December to decide if you want to continue using it and buy a licence using one of the discounts (see below), or export your work and continue in your regular word processor.
You can download the special NaNoWriMo trial version for Mac and Windows here: http://www.literatureandlatte.com/nanowrimo.php
Aside from the extended trial period, there are no differences between the NaNo trial version and the regular trial version. (The NaNoWriMo version comes with an updated novel project template designed specifically for NaNoWriMo, with the project targets set up for 50,000 words, but this can be downloaded separately by regular users from the link above.)
Note that the NaNoWriMo trial will work even if you have tried - and used up the trial time on - Scrivener before.
(Linux users can just download the regular Linux beta from our forums and download and use the NaNo template for the Windows version provided in the above link.)
Special Offer for All NaNoWriMo Participants
On to the really exciting part - the special offer! Scrivener 2.0 for the Mac normally costs a mere $45 (or $38.25 for students), and, to reflect the fact that it is younger and still catching up with the Mac version (although it's getting closer and closer), Scrivener 1.0 for Windows has a regular price of $40 ($35 for students). But we are offering a further 20%-off discount on Scrivener's full price throughout November and December. To use it, just go to our product page, click on "Buy Now", select the regular licence and enter "NANOWRIMO" in the "Coupon Code" text field in the top right of the web store.
You might want to hold out until the end of November, though, because, as in previous years, all winners of this year's NaNoWriMo will be eligible for a 50% discount. Winners will receive a special coupon for this on their winner's page on the NaNoWriMo site at the start of December, once their word count has been verified.
Hello Scrivener Users
Any existing Scrivener users will be able to pass on their 50% coupon to a friend, of course (and can download the NaNoWriMo novel template separately). If any Scrivener users reading this would care to share how they have used Scrivener for NaNoWriMo in the past, or pass on any tips they have, we’d love to read your comments in replies to this thread.
And Finally: Introducing Scapple for Mac OS X
Before I leave you to - I hope! - explore the Scrivener trial, I'd just like to plug Scapple, our latest piece of software (currently for Mac OS X only) which you may find useful for the thinking and planning stages during the rest of October, before you dive into the writing proper. It's a get-your-ideas-down-and-make-connections-between-them app, and it's currently in the beta-testing phase. You can find out more here: http://www.literatureandlatte.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=20396
Anyway, I hope some Wrimos decide to give Scrivener a whirl this year if you haven't already tried it (or even if you have) - be sure to let us know in the replies to this thread how you get on, and feel free to ask us any questions. We will be monitoring and answering questions in this thread throughout November, along with answering technical support queries on our regular forums: http://www.literatureandlatte.com/forum
You can also email us directly at one of these addresses:
mac.support@literatureandlatte.com or
windows.support@literatureandlatte.com
Thanks for reading. Good luck with the getting those 50,000 words, whatever you use!
All the best,
Keith
I just downloaded a free trial of it earlier today! I'm in love with Scrivener! Definitely going to be purchasing it!
Unfortunately or fortunately depending on how we look at it I bought Scrivener in the "off" season and am now going through the tutorial. Slowly getting there, my life distractions amaze even me! But I'm loving the idea of shuffling scenes, among other advantages.
I downloaded it the other night and am trying to flesh out a basic 10 point outline for an idea I tried to make work before. Working up a scene by scene chaptered outline synopsis will probably help keep me on track better than just having a vague idea what is supposed to happen by a certain point.
I got the trial version of Scrivener for Mac several years ago and loved it . I bought the full version and even without fully exploring all the bells and whistles (have done more of that as I have continued to use it) still think it is one of the better programs out there for writing.
Now I am eagerly awaiting the iPad (iOS) version.
If anyone is on the fence about this, hey take a shot its free for NaNo so what have you got to lose.
I really like the overall feel of Scrivner, especially the note card/corkboard feature because that's how I write long hand, too. But I'm kind of a techno-tard and there are some basic things I wish I had a fast reference for. Is there something like that already?
Thanks for your interest! You can always look up specifics in the user manual, but three good starting points just to get to know the program are the introductory video, the Interactive Tutorial, and the Quick Tour in the user manual. The tutorial and manual are both available from the Help menu or from the Getting Started category in the New Project window.
The Interactive Tutorial is longest but the most thorough and hands-on of the three: it's an actual Scrivener project that you manipulate as you read through, so you get a first-hand feel for the interface and basic capabilities of the program. The Quick Tour goes through the basics of starting a new project, navigating your documents and different view options, and compiling your work at the end. The video shows some of the main features of Scrivener, again with the basics of creating a project, writing, and compiling; it's especially nice just to watch someone else click around so you have an idea what you're doing, and if you're an audio learner you might find it works better for you than reading the Quick Tour.
You can find the Mac and Windows introductory videos about halfway down our NaNoWriMo page. If you're on the Mac version, we also have some additional feature-specific videos on our site here.
I bought Scrivener not quite a year ago…too late for the discounts. I am not disappointed. It is probably the best little thing to come along for writers since the invention of programs like Word or Wordperfect. It has so many useful little tools. There's a tiny bit of a learning curve in figuring out the best way to use them, how they integrate…what they're meant for, how they help…but each time you learn a little more and another little neat trick/feature shows its value. I like it a lot. There are some things I still like the word processing programs for, but the more familiar I get with Scrivner the more I appreciate it as a creative tool. I'm doing my Nanowrimo project on it, just to see how much I can do. Loving it so far.
If it had a complementary/integrated vector graphics engine for designing epub covers it might well nigh be as close to perfect as you could want…at least until the next major iteration of great ideas.
I love the Scrivener software, however, I can only launch the software one to two times before I get this error. And I can only launch by clicking the X in the corner, never using the (try) button.
I'm using it on Windows 7 - 64 bit, and the trial NaNo screen that pops up when ever I launch the software, keeps locking up. My system tells me it's non-responsive and I have to close the program. I can see the program and my novel in the screen behind, but it looks like this box is blocking the launch into the program. I tried to install the version on my desktop and my laptop (both running the same systems) and I have the same problem. HELP!
For actual tech support, you might have better luck asking over there on the Scrivener site! They do read here and answer questions regarding the special offer, but they're not going to respond to technical issues as quickly as they might over on their website directly.
AnitaRomero - I'm sorry you're having troubles! Are you opening the same project on both computers? Scrivener might just be having trouble opening the actual project (which, from your description, it's doing automatically when you launch the program). If your computer is low on memory (which could happen just from running a lot of intensive applications) and your project is large and trying to load multiple documents at once when it opens, that might be causing the program to freeze long enough that Windows is giving the Not Responsive message.
If that's the case, try renaming the project's .scriv folder when Scrivener is closed, then relaunching the program. With the name changed, it shouldn't automatically load--it will bump to opening the next project down in your "Recent Projects" list--and that might let Scrivener open properly. (You might then want to go to the General tab of Tools > Options and deselect "Open recent projects on program launch" at the top.) You could then try opening the project to see if doing so separately from also loading the program allows it to open. If it opens to a view displaying a lot of documents together--for instance, viewing the entire Draft as a Scrivenings session--try changing that before you next close so that just one document is loaded, to make opening the project easier next time.
If Scrivener is opening but you're still having trouble getting the project to open at all, zip it up (right-click the project's .scriv folder and choose "Send to \ Compressed (zipped) folder") and send it as an attachment to windows.support@literatureandlatte.com and explain the problem you're having and the version of Windows you're on. It will be easier via email to try and get the project restored for you.
I downloaded the NaNoWriMo trial version. The program took me a couple of days to figure out the basics and to get my novel moved from Pages into Scrivener. I've been using it all month so far. I absolutely will be buying this program after I've reached my 50,000 words. Thank you Scrivener for giving anyone participating and who wins a nice discount. I've used the corkboard and 3 x 5 cards to finish planning my novel and rearrange some scenes. It was so easy to do; I had really been fearing how difficult it would be to do in Pages. Thank you for such a wonderful program that allows me to focus on creativity.
So will the trial version still work after Dec 7th if we have a serial # or is it necessary to uninstall it and install the regular Scrivener program and template?
You'll need to grab the regular download from our site, because the NaNo trial works a bit differently than our regular trial and is just set to expire at a given date. This won't affect any of your projects, however, since these are just separate files on your drive (just like uninstalling Word wouldn't get rid of all your .doc files), and once you have the regular version installed, the projects will open in that just fine.
Project Templates are just starter projects, so although the special NaNoWriMo template isn't included in the regular version, not having it won't change your existing project at all. And if you do want to have that template for another project, you can always make your own copy of it by creating a new project from the NaNo template and then just using File > Save As Template.... You'll then get a new copy saved as a custom project template which will persist through uninstalling and reinstalling the standard version. The NaNo template is just based off the Novel template, with a few tweaks setting it up for NaNoWriMo like the 50,000 word target.
Just purchased the full version.
Now I'm a registered user.
Didn't come CLOSE to finishing nanowrimo this year... but now I have the tools to write all year round!
I heard about Scrivener from the writer's group my dad and I go to. Dad bought it, loved it, so I downloaded a trial run. I was already planning on doing Nanowrimo, but when I heard that Scrivener was having a discount for winners, I decided I would win. This discount is the main reason I finished 50K!
Thank you!
Thank you for the free trial. I'm convinced it helped me make my first NaNo win!
Thank you for the discount winner code. It worked perfectly. I'm already looking forward to next month, when I use your superior product to begin revisions on my novel.
Thank you for your part in making those words possible. I appreciate your sponsorship of NaNoWriMo, and for the outstanding customer service you show.
I bought Scrivener for Windows a little while ago, and have absolutely loved it. I love how easily you can navigate and move scenes and pages around. My favorite part, though, is the fact that you can look at two windows at once side-by-side. It's been amazingly helpful, because I can keep my notes up on one side while I type on the other, and I don't have to switch windows. It's already helped me write a short story and two research essay for school.
I definitely suggest using Scrivener, or at least giving it a thorough try. The features are wonderful, and I plan to keep using it for my writing. Thanks, Literature & Latte!
Thanks, Nephere! Glad to hear it's been helping you out with your coursework as well as your creative writing. I really like that split screen as well, that's practically the only way my projects ever look: split down the middle. :)
I downloaded the NaNo trial version and I'm totally in love with it. Need win to buy Scrivener with the winner discount, it will be better for my economy, but I'll buy it anyway :P
Thanks for giving it a try, Ishtar89. Remember even in the unlikely event you don't win this year, there is still the 20% coupon for trying. So you've won already, kind of!
Love Scrivener. I've used it for the last two (or maybe 3?) NaNo's on my mac. Had to say goodbye to that computer this summer and replace it with windows... Scrivener is the first program I bought for the new computer. So glad you have both platforms supported now, and so far I'm finding it just as easy to work with on the new platform as the old.
Thanks for such a wonderful program!
I tried Scrivener (Mac version) for last year's NaNoWriMo and liked it very much, so I bought it afterwards. I've been using it again for outlining the past weeks and will of course use it for writing my novel in November. It makes things much easier - making a plot outline, character sketches etc seems much more intuitive if you have a software which comes with templates for exactly that kind of stuff. As someone who has never planned that much for a novel (I joined quite late last year and ended up pantsing the writing process even though I'm more of a planner by nature) I'm really glad to have such an intuitive tool for it.
I've been using Scrivener since being introduced to it three years ago as a part of NaNoWriMo. In fact, Scrivener is a big reason why I signed up in the first place. Just wanted to say it's a great app, and has kickstarted my writing ever since. I'm using Scrivener for a fourth time this year, but I'm going to use the 2012 NaNo template as a bit of a change.
I'm also downloading the Scrapple beta, and see how that works out. Looks very interesting, and it could help me figure out some plot issues I'm having on another project.
Thanks again for being here for NaNo!
Let us know how it goes with Scapple over on our forums (or here if you wish). We've been having a lot of fun with it in-house and it's great to see it out in the wild. I can't wait to see how people put it to use. Anyway, best wishes for 2012's NaNo.
Yes! I've been waiting eagerly for this! I just got into Scrivener three months ago and loved the trial. It made planning and gathering all my random thoughts very convenient. I knew then and there that I was going to buy it, but I figured I'd hang around and see if the winner's discount is available again this year. Painstaking wait, I tell you! I installed the trial on both my laptop and desktop, and carefully rationed the number of days I had left. With just 4 days left on my trial, this couldn't have come at a better time XD
I love this program. Hope Windows catches up with the Mac features soon!
The next Windows update adds a few nice things - for instance, it adds inspector comments and footnotes, which until now have been Mac-only. (And in fact, the NaNoWriMo trial version is an early peek at the next update, so these features are in there...)
Thanks for the kind words!
All the best,
Keith
I used the trial version last year, and bought my own copy with the winner's 50% off coupon - I think wanting the discount was a huge factor in me actually finishing! I love this software so much and highly recommend it to everyone.
Too funny! Getting that coupon was a big motivator for me to finish too last year, especially on that last week's worth of OMFG just need to find 50 MORE WORDS! phase.
I remember seeing your avatar around last year. Glad to see you won, and that Scrivener is still working well for you. Best wishes for this year!
I bought Scrivener with the winner's discount in 2010. It's a fantastic program. One of my favorite features is that you can save websites under the Resources section. That is so helpful, since I tend to have to research a lot of medical procedures for my novels. I love that I don't have to leave Scrivener to reference the site again.
I've also been playing around with Aeon Timeline and trying to sync it to Scrivener. I'll have to also download the beta for Scrapple.
I only got he 20% discount when I bought it, and it was still worth every penny. Actually, full price would still be a good deal. I love this program, and I can't imagine staying organized without it now. It drives me bonkers trying to find anything in a traditional word processing document- I keep looking for my binder!
And I don't even use most of the features. I should really look into them. :)
Scrivener might be my favorite software ever. I've been working with it for a little less than a year (started with the Windows beta and then purchased the full version). Downloaded the NaNoWriMo templates this weekend. Scapple looks like fun, too - I'm hoping it will be available for Windows before too terribly long, but I know these things take time.
The two pieces of advice I'd offer to anyone doing Nano for the first time are:
1. Plan your novel in detail before November; and
2. Use Scrivener both for planning and writing
I used it two years ago and wouldn't dream of writing without it now.
Used Scrivener for the first time last NaNo and purchased it as soon as I had my 50% off coupon. When it comes to writing Scrivener is my best friend. I am not much of a linear writer and hated trying to find my way around an 800 page word document. This year I am making an effort to expand my use of the available tools so the program that I already love just keeps getting better. I also love that Scrivener will be compatible with Aeon Timeline, which I am dying to try out. I'll have to wait for Scrapple since I am a Windows user, but it looks like something I am going to want as well.
Thank you so much for such a wonderful product!
Tammy Abbey
Abbeyinc, actually I think Aeon Timeline is still Mac only at the moment as well. He is planning to release a Windows version in time, but certainly not in time for NaNo this year. I hope you come across some cool tricks with Scrivener for your project this year. If you haven't had the chance to swing by our forums before, it's a good place to go to learn how to use it. There are a lot of people there that have been using the software for years that enjoy sharing ideas.
Thanks everyone - very kind of you and glad Scrivener's being of help.
Quick FYI - for those short on time who want to combine getting some writing tips with learning more features of Scrivener, authors David Hewson and Gwen Hernandez have a number of blog posts that might be of interest:
http://davidhewson.com/tag/scrivener/
http://gwenhernandez.wordpress.com/scrivener/
Good luck with the plotting.
How is the iOS version coming along?
BklynWriter, we still don't have any official news on it yet, but it continues to progress! We'll make a lot of noise about it once we have something more firm to say about it.
I cannot wait for the iOS version. I use my iPad for everything but don't find any of the writing apps a patch on Scrivener so I have to use the PC.
It'll be a happy day in my house when it arrives!
I'm looking forward to this as well! I've been doing all my writing in Pages on my ipad, but I can't wait to see how the iOS version looks. Thanks for a great product! Back before there was a Windows version, Scrivener was one of the main reasons I wanted a Mac, haha :)
I was wondering the same thing. I'm glad you guys are taking the time to get it perfect, and I can't wait to buy the app when it comes out.
I'll be writing this year's Nanowrimo novel on my iPad, then moving it from Pages to Scrivener once the first draft is done. (It requires a few steps, but it's doable.) For me, Scrivener is most helpful in the revision stages of things, so not having it for the rough draft isn't too big of a deal.
The issue I'm running into, though, is how to revise chunks of my previous Nanowrimo novels, now in Scrivener, on the iPad. I have yet to find an app that can handle rtf (and let me revise rtf) that also lets me do things like indent paragraphs properly. Any suggestions for apps to tide me over until yours comes out?
Thanks again. Scrivener is super useful.
Rachel
Thanks so much for this trial opportunity. As a first time Nano Participant I downloaded the trial version just a few days ago I can already see how invaluable this tool is. My goal now is to ensure that I win so I can get the bigger discount when I purchase this in December.
Thanks for trying Scriv, and for the kind words. Good luck with the 50,000 words!
Awesome :D Used the NaNoWriMo trial last November but didn't get around to buying it. Will if I win this year though :) Just wondering, if we currently have the (regular) trial version downloaded and haven't used up the 30 days, will downloading the NaNoWriMo trial cancel the remaining time, or can we continue using the (regular) trial after Dec 7?
The trial versions are entirely separate, so you can use the NaNoWriMo trial version and then resume using the regular trial afterwards. When you reinstall the regular trial version, it will just resume where it left off in regard to the number of days you had left. So if you have fifteen days left at the moment, you can download the NaNo trial, use it until the 7th December, and then reinstall the regular trial and get your remaining fifteen days.
Great, thanks :D What do you mean by reinstalling the regular trial though? Do I just download it again?
/is not great with terms
If you currently have the regular trial installed, you can uninstall it, then download and install the NaNoWriMo trial version. (It's cleanest to uninstall the regular trial first, particularly on Windows, though if you've already just overwritten it with the NaNo trial you should be fine; I wouldn't redo the process unless you experience some very odd behavior with the program.) Once the NaNo trial expires in December, you can uninstall it and then download the regular trial again from our website and install it. The trial period will pick up with the number of days you had left from prior to installing the NaNo trial.
And of course, if you never deleted the disk image (Mac) or the Scrivener installer (Windows) of the regular trial from when you initially downloaded it, you don't need to download again but can just reinstall from that.
I'm not sure if I accidently overread it... But is Scrivener available in other languages than English?
Not yet, sorry! Well, you can *write* in other languages, and it has full support for non-English dictionaries and suchlike, it's just that the interface is only in English at the moment. We've just translated the Windows interface into German, Chinese and Italian, and more languages will be coming, and the Mac version's interface will be translated into other languages too, hopefully in the near future.
Well... I guess I'll wait until the German Windows version is available then :)
German actually is already available in the NaNoWriMo Trial. :) Go to Tools > Options... and select "German" from the language drop-down menu toward the bottom of the General tab, then click OK a couple times through the message about restarting and to close Options. Close Scrivener and relaunch to have the German interface! (There's a quirk with the date code I notice in the "NaNoWriMo Trial message when it pops up, but the main interface looks good.) Thanks for your interest, and good luck with your 50,000 words!
Ah, misunderstanding. I thought it was translated, but not available for public yet... :)
Thank you!
Are you using the Windows version? If so, there is a preliminary German translation available here:
http://www.literatureandlatte.com/wahrheit.php
The instructions and download links are at the bottom of the page. The instructions should work fine with the NaNo version.
Thanks! :)
The NaNo version actually includes the German already, as it's somewhat updated from the current release version on our site. If you're using the regular trial or purchased version, you'll currently need to download the German translation file and follow the steps as linked above, but if you've downloaded the Windows NaNoWriMo Trial version of the software, German will be available in the language options under the General tab of Tools > Options.
Italian, Bulgarian, and--for the adventurous geeks!--Sci-Fi translations are also available in the NaNo trial. (Bulgarian and Sci-Fi are also in the regular 1.2.5 version.)
Sliced Breads got nothing on Scrivener. It changed my writing life and I am eternally grateful! Keep up the good work.
PS. Be sure to use the tutorials, after 6 months I went through them again and It made this program even better.
Thanks, Meg! The tutorial is always nice as a refresher and to re-introduce features that you may not have needed when first getting started with the program, so I'm glad you've found it useful even six months in! Best wishes for your NaNo novel!
I love, love. love mine. I write a lot with different POVs and they were always getting confused. Love how this can work them out. I bough mine originally for mac and when my mac finally died I just had to email the owners and they helped me get the windows version I have now. :) Awesome people and awesome program.
Thanks for the kind words, stacytg! Much appreciated!
Oops, I meant "staceytg".