Can’t tell you how hard I laughed at the final bit of the Novel Factory segment. 600 fucking dollars, the nerve!!! XD Great video, btw, I thought: this is way too long, probably gonna watch only a few minutes and ended up staying for the whole thing. Also, I literally arrived here by searching “World Anvil vs Campfire” so I was very excited when you said you were planning to release a video comparing them both. Hope it comes out sometime soon. Good luck on the novels!
Thanks for this review! I recently purchased Scrivener and was a bit lost. But I just started writing and putting things together half understanding what I was doing. Your video has helped me realize that I did make the right choice. I'm currently rewriting my first novel of a trilogy that I began over twenty years ago and still have all the hand written notes and plots for the entire series. Scrivener has the ability to hold all three novels together and that is just what I need.
Just came across this video. Fantastic review! Scrivener is good, but I did lose my work with it once ( I did have it set to backup) so that did not make me happy and it made me very wary of it. Plus I have a Chrome book and not having a window based app makes it complicated for me, and makes me prefer an online based software. The problem for me is that all these writing softwares (I’ve tried all the ones you reviewed,except for Wave Maker and YWriter) each have one outstanding feature that I love, but then lack in something else I want. If I could marry Campfire, Dabble, and Novel Pad together I would have my perfect writing software. (Campfire for world building, Dabble for plotting and drafting, Novel Pad for revising and for its recovery features) Thanks for taking the time to do this in depth review!
I like Scrivener, because of all its features. One cool thing that she didn't bring up was that you could hear your story being read to you. That was cool.
What a refreshing review of writing software. Thank you. You saved me a lot of time. I've been reviewing the available software on my own and wasn't sure I knew what I was doing. Surprise, surprise...I didn't. Now I know what to do. Excellent.
I'm sold on the model that notebook software applications advocate: writing scene by scene as represented by organized clusters of simple text documents without any distracting fluff. These applications also excel as compilers of all your research, world building notes, etc. These are the Evernotes, Obsidians, and Joplins of the world. I personally prefer Joplin. (And I keep Obsidian around for it's brainstorming Panel feature.) All of my poetry, short stories, and my novel WIP sit in one application. The writing experience is that of a simple text editor (a markdown++ editor actually). You write. You edit and revise forever. And when finally finished, you port it all to Word or Libreoffice in order to ready your manuscript for submission or to share with an editor. And then if you are going the self-publishing route, you port it again to Scribus or InDesign or Vellum in order to format the book itself. But for the actual writing: Joplin or Obsidian or the like.
I've been a fan of Scrivener since it was released and I'm not considering switching to another authoring solution, but I found your video very interesting. It gives a good overview of what software is still available on the market. When I look at your favorite apps, they often have user interfaces that are reminiscent of Scrivener in one way or another, but in their entirety don't even come close to the features Scrivener offers. The good thing about Scrivener is that an author is not forced to use all the features and is also completely free to choose how the manuscript is structured. For me, it's the best software on the market with a very fair price-performance ratio. I can't think of a more productive authoring software and use Scrivener for my entire planning, writing and production process.
I have two other for you: Causality Story Sequencer (no mobile version though) but very interesting and Novelist (android software with a web version, completely free, no ads) There's also NovelCrafter - not only AI writing software, you can use it without it - just so you won't get discouraged. And of course, since you recorded it 5 months ago, I'm not even sure you will read this comment.
Wow! I have been looking for exactly this (on and off) for months! Your methodology speaks to me, and your ratings do, too. (Wtf, Novel Factory?!) Many, many thanks! Fwiw, I clicked on the referral link and signed up. Hopefully that added to your referral count. 🤞 🍀
Your comment made my morning 😊🥰 I'm so glad this is what you were looking for. I was a bit convinced no one would find this interesting 😂😂 I appreciate you.
@@KellyGDamon That’s great news that the referral link still works. I almost used the affiliate link instead thinking that if the referral link wasn’t going to help you, you’d at least get something. Maybe remove the affiliate link for now?
Campfire is constantly evolving which is why I love it so much… I tried Scrivener but it was a touch annoying. I’d give Scrivener 9 out of ten. Campfire pips it at 9.5. I loved listening to your reviews. Wondering now if you’ve worked more with Campfire since you made this video?
🤓 Kelly, Thank you soooo much for this video It was exactly what I was looking for. It was informative, helpful, fun and funny, all in one. Looking forward to your comparison of Campfire and WorldAnvil! Unfortunately, I can't help with the ProWritingAid, since I already have a lifetime version. 😒
I'm so happy you found value in this video :D Life through a few curveballs my way, so I had to take a step back, but I'll continue working on the Campfire vs World Anvil video as soon as I can! I just have to get some work out of the way!
I love scrivener, but I will admit it can be overwhelming when you first get started. I don't use the templates scrivener offers, I use a blank template. Abbie Emmons has a video on her channel about changing the theme and colors.
Lots of fun watching your software review. I have only one piece of advice. You need to get an Apple MacBook M1. I have power outages all summer long. The M1 MacBook has amazing battery stamina... up to 6 hours of constant use... it sips and gives you the opportunity to save your work and wait until Power is restored. No fans... complete silence is wonderful. Also watch Three Biscuit You Tube Videos. Scrivener was written for Mac.
I love Scrivener too! But the Windows-Version is almost horrible and the german translation painfull. Never... NEVER do the mistake and use "Papyrus-Author"... NEVER!!!
Hi for me wordstar 4.0 on ms-dos is still best, or nano from any linux disto becouse, on windows fill is just bad you need terminal :) Try focus writter. : ) If you can use markdown write book in obsidian :) Try. I have scrivener and also iAwrite and i dont know why ppl like any of this… Wordstar4.0 for me is best and i not need only piecefull and word processor without autocorect or other uselles shit.
