Mellel vs Writer’s Workbench

Overall, this is a great app. There are only 2 things I would like to suggest improving ... 1. the cursor behaves erratically. Very difficult to control using the keyboard and it dances around all over the place. 2. When adjusting the width of table cells, could it leave other unrelated and unconnected tables untouched? Exports great to MS word format.

- Septic Monkey

Interesting alternative, and fromthe trial, seems more user friendly than say Scrivener. That said, it touts "By Academics for Academics" - disagree. Mellel is embedded with Bookends as the reference citation integration - Bookends is a non-starter for serious academics. Bookends does not allow for any importation of necessary style guides. Zotero has them all by default. If you need a specific style for your university.department, you are forced to suddenly become a code editor. --- When Mellel, Bookends or both coose to accomodate flexibility and realistic options, I'll try again. I need a viable alternative to MS Word and the other litany of stuff out there - not headaches, endless forum searches, and silly limitations when completing my PhD.

- robertgunn2019

I've been aware of Mellel for several years, but have used Pages for all my writing: articles and books. Its nearly 2022, now, so thot I'd try Mellel instead of using Pages 11.2 and its changed format for me. As starters I've downloaded the Mellel demo and read several reviews, but no review I've read contains specifics as to how Mellel is better than Pages. I'd like some evidence that for a 300 page scholarly book Mellel is better than Pages. The book will have text and visuals, notes and index. I'd really appreciate someone taking the time to post specifics. Thank you. dbing

- dgbmunger

WWB offers my students objective feedback about their writing that helps them improve their writing. At a time when assessment has moved to the forefront in education, it provides a tool to measure writing skills.

- Paul Peterson, English Teacher, North Iowa Area Community College

I love Writer's Workbench. I not only use it for myself, I am writing a novel, but I have my children use it. We homeschool, and have done so for over 20 years. This program is TERRIFIC for writing. My children type up the writing assignments, Writer's Workbench shows them how to improve their writing. Not only that, it also TEACHES them different writing principals!! WE LOVE THIS PROGRAM! THANKS!

- Sherry Gammon

Writers Workbench has been an extremely helpful tool in the creation of thesis papers for my high school junior English class. The ability to scan the papers for passive voice, grammar, and repetition has been a great help in raising my grades. Thank you!

- Judy, High School Student - Wheaton, IL