‘Scrivener is a powerful content-generation tool for writers that allows you to concentrate on composing and structuring long and difficult documents. While it gives you complete control of the formatting, its focus is on helping you get to the end of that awkward first draft.’

Although a great tool for aiding professional writers, Scrivener is a handy application for anyone who has to create important documents on a regular basis. The spilt screen function means you can keep an outline plan, various draft versions and any research visible, whilst simultaneously working on the final document – all in the same application. Scrivener saves you time and effort, keeping you focussed on the points that you need to make and gathering all your information together in one place.

Professionals listed by Scrivener as able to greatly benefit from this application include:

• Novelists
• Lawyers
• Journalists
• Academics and Students
• Business and Technical Writers
• Translators

However, the features of this application would be helpful in creating a multitude of documents related to both business and creativity, from blogs to presentations, proposals, letters and many more. The application itself costs from around £30 and is available to download for PC and Mac here, or from the App Store. You can also download a free trial, which gives you 30 non-consecutive days use, so its worth downloading to see how you could use Scrivener to help you with your writing activities!