“The biggest software advance for writers since the word processor.” —Michael Marshall Smith, bestselling author

Typewriter

Ring-binder

Scrapbook

Scrivener combines all the writing tools you need to craft your first draft, from nascent notion to final full stop.

Tailor-made for creating long manuscripts, Scrivener banishes page fright by allowing you to compose your text in any order, in sections as large or small as you like

Got a great idea but don’t know where it fits? Write when inspiration strikes and find its place later

Grow your manuscript organically, idea by idea.

Whether you plan or plunge, Scrivener works your way: meticulously outline every last detail first, or hammer out a complete draft and restructure later

Or do a bit of both

All text sections in Scrivener are fully integrated with its outlining tools, so working with an overview of your manuscript is only ever a tap away, and turning Chapter Four into Chapter One is as simple as drag and drop.

Need to refer to research? In Scrivener, your background material is always at hand

Write a description based on a photograph

Reference a video or PDF

Check for consistency with an earlier chapter

On the iPad, open two documents side-by-side; on the iPhone, flip between research and writing with just two taps.

Once you’re ready to share your work with the world, simply compile everything into a single document for printing, or export to popular formats such as Word, PDF, Final Draft or plain text

You can even share using different formatting, so that you can write in your favorite font and still keep your editor happy.

FEATURES

Get Started

Interactive tutorial project

Keep each manuscript and supporting materials in a self-contained project

Import Word, RTF, Final Draft and plain text files

Easily split imported text into separate sections

Get Writing

Write your manuscript in sections of any size

View all sections as a single text using the “Draft Navigator” (iPad only)

Quickly navigate sections using the “binder” sidebar

Format with fonts and presets

Comments, footnotes, links and highlights

Simple bullets and lists

Insert images

Pinch-zoom to resize text

Full-screen mode (iPad only)

Typewriter scrolling mode keeps typed text center-screen (iPad only)

Write a screenplay using scriptwriting mode

Live word and character counts

Set word and character count targets

Find and replace

Customizable keyboard row provides quick-access buttons for formatting, navigation and punctuation

Comprehensive keyboard shortcuts for external keyboard users

Dark mode

Find Your Structure

Write in any order and reorganize later

Write a synopsis for any text section and see it in the outline

Expand, collapse and drill down into sections of your project

Rearrange sections as index cards on the corkboard (iPad only)

Project-wide search

Track ideas using labels and status

Apply custom icons to your sections

Refer to Research

Import research material such as image, PDF and media files

View research files or other sections right alongside your writing (iPad only)

Every section has its own notes area for jotting down ideas

Supports multitasking split screen mode (supported devices only)

Share Your Work

Compile to a single document for sharing or printing

Use different formatting in your exported or printed document

Export to Word, RTF, Final Draft, PDF or plain text

Convert rich text to Markdown for sharing with Markdown apps

Create and email zipped backups of your projects

Work Anywhere

Use Dropbox to sync between devices and with the macOS and Windows versions of Scrivener*

Copy projects between devices via iTunes

* Requires a Dropbox account (not compatible with iCloud).

SUPPORT

You can contact us at ios.support@literatureandlatte.com, visit our forums at http://www.literatureandlatte.com/forum, or find us @scrivenerapp on Twitter.