So. As you know, between Twitter, Facebook, this website, my other website, SF Signal, Functional Nerds et all, I spend a lot of time online. As such, I’ve seen a lot of people are hurting these days. Neil Clarke comes to mind. And the victims of hurricane Sandy. Saladin Ahmed hit a rough patch....
This post is part of my Scrivener Quick Tips series(I’m using the Mac version of Scrivener, v 2.3.1) Welcome back to Scrivener Quick Tips! When I started these, I truly intended them to be ‘quick tips’, but the more I get into and use Scrivener, the more detailed these become. Hope you’ll still stick...
This post is part of my Scrivener Quick Tips series(I’m using the Mac version of Scrivener, v 2.2) I had someone ping me on Twitter about issues with Scrivener. I jumped onto a Google Hangout, invited em over, and did a quick Q&A. The first question was one I hear all the time, and...
This post is part of my Scrivener Quick Tips series(I’m using the Mac version of Scrivener, v 2.2) I talked once before about importing from Word. Whenever I import a doc, I convert it to the default formatting, then I change the quotes to ‘Smart Quotes’. What are Smart Quotes? (and why do I...
This post is part of my Scrivener Quick Tips series(I’m using the Mac version of Scrivener, v 2.2) I’ve talked about Project Targets before, and Outlines & Synopses and the different View Modes. One thing about the Outline Mode has bugged me. A lot. Here’s my Sample Project we’ve seen before. Note that I’m...
This post is part of my Scrivener Quick Tips series(I’m using the Mac version of Scrivener, v 2.2) Today’s quick tip is something that I noticed accidentally. I was writing, set the laptop aside to get something to drink, and when I came back, my mouse was hovering over the bottom bar in Scrivener...
This post is part of my Scrivener Quick Tips series(I’m using the Mac version of Scrivener, v 2.2) Today’s Quick Tip is about a feature I never use, but probably should use. Snapshots. Snapshots are a kind of like versioning, not a back up in the traditional sense. A software developer will write a...
This post is part of my Scrivener Quick Tips series(I’m using the Mac version of Scrivener, v 2.2) A while ago, I talked about the different View Modes available in Scrivener. One of my favorites, which I use a lot, is Composite Mode – I find this useful because you can see all the...
This post is part of my Scrivener Quick Tips series(I’m using the Mac version of Scrivener, v 2.2) This one is going to sound like a no brainer, but believe me, it really streamlined how I break up scenes. Here’s my fake project: Notice I’m working with 4 chapters, each with 3 scenes (or...
This post is part of my Scrivener Quick Tips series(I’m using the Mac version of Scrivener, v 2.2) Last time, I talked about Compile, focusing on producing a Synopsis. Today, I want to talk about another function of Compile, and that’s Enumerated Outline. With Compile for Synopsis, you are exporting the text and information...
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