When I try the download link for Novellus on https://novellussoftware.com I get taken to the Japan MacApp Store where Novellus is nowhere to be seen. Is Novellus listed in the MacStore in other countries? I am trying to find a simpler, easy-to-use replacement for Scrivener and Novellus seems to fit the bill. I would like to try it out.

MadaboutDana wrote:

For those seeking a nice, cheap replacement for Ulysses (on macOS) that
does the same concatenation thing that Steve's just been trying to
describe, Novellus is a good option (and has very good grammar/style
checking features as well). It's nowhere near as sophisticated as
Ulysses, but is pleasant to work with. Unfortunately the developer has,
I fear, become rather discouraged, so it hasn't been updated for a few
months. But I use it fairly regularly to write stuff. There isn't an iOS
version, unfortunately.

The Ulysses concatenation is difficult to appreciate unless you've
actually worked with it. Ulysses allows you to view multiple sheets (=
notes, documents) together – but not just view them, actually edit
them, too, just as if they were a single sheet (note, document,
whatever). So it's not to be confused with a preview function (Ulysses
does that too, of course). It's probably the single most powerful
feature in Ulysses, because you can shift the documents (notes, sheets,
etc.) around however you like, and then view or edit them as a new
"group" (i.e. with surrounding documents) in their new context.

I was wondering if Inspire Writer did that – there's no mention of
it on their website, so I suspected (and Steve has just confirmed) that
it doesn't.

Scrivener is amazing, but the learning curve is steep and some of the
features are definitely somewhat confusing. Even Charles Stross (a
highly intelligent sci-fi author who features on the Literature & Latte
blog) admits that he doesn't use more than the basic features in
Scrivener (which rather amused me, I must admit).

Cheers!
Bill