This is the go-to writing software that many seasoned writers swear by. There’s a free trial version for 30 days, and then it’s $45 to own it forever (no subscriptions). The main features that will help you on your writing journey are
- the ability to drag and drop chapters and sections, which means you can easily write out of order if you work non-linearly and reorder later, and
- the ability to “compile” your chapters/sections into a full Word document. Scrivener will export all the discrete pieces into a formatted document, which is amazing!
If you’re visual like me, and perhaps a bit obsessed with outlining (also like me), then you’ll love the “cork board view,” where you can see all your sections as if they were index cards on a cork board. Similarly, you can move these around to your heart’s content.