Word is Slow and Unstable

• [ ] When a certain editor sent me a document with Track Changes and I opened it in Word, the program spent over 2 hours “paginating” 25% of the file. I aborted and opened in Pages instead.
• [ ] Pages had no problem with pagination, and it does a better job of displaying Track Changes.
• [ ] Writers don't need to own or use Word
  • [ ] writers can Compile from Scrivener to DOCX
  • [ ] an editor can open & edit the DOCX in Word
  • [ ] writers can review Track Changes in Pages, Word, or LibreOffice, etc
    • [ ] ... and modify the Scrivener project as needed

Track Changes is Barely a Start

• [ ] Suggested changes often point to issues the editor didn’t notice.
• [ ] Or the editor’s fix isn’t the right fix.
• [ ] Accept/reject erases pointers to issues raised by the editor.

Most Edits are Style Choices

• [ ] I'll pass on most edits, since
  • [ ] A writer must write in his/her own voice.
  • [ ] Most "grammar rules" are not about grammar and aren't rules
• [ ] ProWritingAid and Hemingway never found a bona fide grammar error in my work
• [ ] one of them marked “naked” (not “were”) as passive voice in the sentence
• “We were naked.”
• [ ] I suppose I should have written
• “Tom naked us.” (if Tom was the culprit!)
• [ ] If a problem is real, I’ll fix it in my own way, not the editor’s way

Sticking to a Single Master Source

• [ ] I want to maintain (no, I will maintain) a Scrivener project as the one and only official manuscript.
• [ ] If I accept/reject in Word, that fails.