I'm not curious enough to download their trial. What made you think about Dabble? Since I never heard of it, I went looking and couldn't find much except their own website, where I couldn't find screenshots or get much of a feel for it. Hadn't been updated in ages but still works if you can find a code. The old Writers Cafe program had a similar take on the card system, but Anthemion Software have withdrawn it from sale now after a short period of being free. Simpler than Scrivener I have noticed some comments from writers who started with this program and moved to Scrivener after writing a few books because they were looking for some particular advanced features. Slightly more rigid/structured and oriented to new users or inexperienced writers. Probably not what I'd use for complex plotting, but everything is very personal and I'm sure many writers do. So one local, one online but can be synchronised. There's a desktop program as well as the online app, but available on different websites. Easy to use once you have adjusted to it. Gingko has an interesting use of cards too. Best if you can be clear what works and what doesn't work for you. Much less complex (fewer features), much more expensive, online not local.īut having the visual side work the way you want is critical for productivity. I've not used Dabble, bit it seems to have little in common with Scrivener apart from the cards. It looks pretty powerful, but I thought that about scrivener back in the day as well.Īnyone have any thoughts on how they use either program, specific benefits they might want to note? Down sides? Things they don't have but should? Other programs? Any input would be much appreciated. Then more every year after rather than a one time buy. It's subscription and even with the discount would be twice as much as Scrivener for the first year. I'd considered Scrivener again, but there's something called Dabble now too. To clarify: I'm beyond the world building and moving on to the actual writing part. I'd like it to work for many books in that world as well, so I can be sure I'm on the right track writing by plotting out what has to happen in each book for every single thing first. Stuff like indexing out the major plot points, relationships, who's on top, villains, etc. I've created a huge wiki already, but as I write, I'd like to be able to leverage visual and organizational cuing to help keep things tidy. I've got a new world in the mixer and it's a huge one. I bought Scrivener a long time ago, didn't like it much since I'm a pantser, and never transferred it to my new computer. It's almost nanowrimo time, and of course, winners will get yummy discounts on programs and such.
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