Scrivener to the rescue

The last time I used Scrivener in anger was for NaNoWriMo a couple years back when I wrote my book.Over the weekend I started a big prose writeup of some research for work. I started this in Evernote and while it was working, it didn't seem to lend itself to a long-form multi-page project; it's great for research and note-taking, but I'm not sure how good it is for documents.I could have done this in Word or Pages, but somehow my braid doesn't think in a linear way. I don't just start at the top and work my way down. I just around. Word processing, for me, is more for letters and final polish.Scrivener, on the other hand, moves fluidly from outline to text and rearranging. It gets out of the way and lets me just add stuff -- as I add more content I can just drag and drop chunks around all willy-nilly like.In my case this time I started using the outliner and the cork-board to start getting the main flow of what I'm doing into the system. Then, in a different binder I started collecting some research links together for reference. Then in the writing mode I started hanging prose around the research. It's not a huge workflow in this case, but it's all I needed for the first couple hours of this project. I'm sure I'll start to dive even deeper as the week progresses and I get this rolling for real!It's exactly what I remembered from the book -- I can work on whatever section I need to to add flesh to the bones of the document and go from there!Win![Editor's note: I'm still not sure if I'll do another book this year... maybe. I have another month almost to figure out a plot. I didn't do one last year with the whole job thing being completely up in the air; this year I think I'm in a far better place.]