![]() If you then click on your new sub-subheading (is that right?) then you can start adding information in there. It’ll give you the option to name it straight away. If you right click on either subheading, you can select Add > New Text. It looks a bit empty here and in fact makes a lot more sense when it has been populated with a few more sections, like this: Step 3: Planning On the left there, in the yellow box on the image above, we have the Binder itself. For instance, you want to look at your character description for Jill whilst writing a scene about Jill. It also has buttons to split the page so that you can see two sections of the binder at once-either split horizontally or split vertically. The green box above along the top shows the typical font settings you’d expect to find in any word processing software.īlue has up and down arrows, which will just move you up andĭown between the listed items in the ‘Binder,’ aka yellow box. Put simply, you can view it as one long document (each document is called a ‘scrivening’), view it as pieces of paper on a ‘corkboard,’ or view it as if it were documents inside folders (the chapters being folders, and the scenes being documents within.) View the document view the group’s documents as scrivenings, view theĭocument’s subdocuments on the corkboard, and view the document’s subdocumentsĪll of these are useful. Let’s see what we actually have here:Īlong the top, in the red box, we have the different ways to I was told ahead of trying Scrivener that the Windows version has less customisation options than the Mac. The Mac is arguable more modern-looking, but looks aren’t Only real difference I am seeing between this and the Mac version are We have saved our file and are ready to begin. (Oops, better go find my external hard drive too…) If there is nothing else you take away today, let it be that. You may have never done this before, you may have been doing this for years, or anything in between, but I beseech you: take regular backups of all your work. Now is a good time to remind you to keep backups of your work. Requires you to save the project before you begin. Step 1: Create your fileĪs you can see from the previous screenshot, the software Character and location sketch sheets are also included.’Ĭharacter and location sketch sheets, you say? Sounds good. ‘Provides front matter and compile settings for creating a manuscript using standard submission format, for creating a self-published paperback novel, or for exporting as an e-book. The novel I am currently working on does not have parts, I’m starting to feel like Scrivener knows its stuff. From here we have three choices again-Novel, Novel (with Parts), and Short Story.įantastic. ![]() So we go straight to the Fiction section. Whilst they do look good, I wanna do this the old fashioned way-throw myself in at the deep end and learn to swim. Plenty of ways to learn about the software-an interactive tutorial, a manual, and a link to YouTube to watch video tutorials. I don’t want to hold the fact that it looks like software I approve so far.īut it does look a bit…grey and plain, don’t you think? Meaning if you used it one day, then used it again a week later, that is only two days instead of seven. Side note: the free trial lasts for 30 days of use. I guess I actually have to write some words to Okay, I’ve downloaded the free trial of Scrivener. Unfortunately, the guide to using Scrivener on Mac wasn’t much use, obviously, so I have brought together a little introduction to using the Scrivener on a Windows machine. (Though I don’t think plonking my laptop on my desk at theĭay job and writing between phone calls should count…)īut I am open minded and, more importantly, wanted to see Paid to do their work, just as with any other craft. In fact, quite the opposite-professional writers are simply those that are Professional doesn’t have to mean paying for the privilege. I’m over here on Google Docs like ‘Why pay to be able to write something down?’ Though this was on Mac, which is more up to date than theĪnd besides, they’re real writers. ![]() I’ll be honest, I was a bit intimidated by the idea of using Scrivener.Ī few of my friends use it-they rave about it!
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