As an aside, before I get into the meat of this post, I wanted to bring up the following:

For Christmas, I was given the opportunity to pick up a copy of Scrivner.  I have never used this program but I have read about it and heard a lot of my writer friends talking about how much they love it.

So far, I am still working through the tutorial, which is a bit daunting.  I mean, there is a LOT to this program, and I am getting a bit intimidated about using this to write my stuff.

My goal is to find a central location to be able to do all my pre-writing stuff, all my organizing of my materials, notes, research, etc., as well as my writing and I think this might just be the thing but man, is it difficult to get into.  I’m sure I’ll get rolling eventually, but I’m just not there yet.

Is there anyone out there with some suggestions, personal stories, pros/cons, cautionary tales, etc. to give me about this program?  I’d really appreciate it!

 Okay.  So, the real stuff.