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D is for … Date/Time

Among all the topics starting with D, listed in the Index of Scrivener Posts, Date/Time can save you time.

Scrivener keeps track, for every document within your project:

• when it was created – the date and time
• when it was last modified – the date and time

Using this (meta)data demonstrates your use of a few of those essential executive functions.

1. The ability to anticipate what’s coming up and make plans accordingly – see also number 8, flexibility!
2. The ability to organise – thoughts, ideas, the scenes/chapters of my novels, …
3. Reliability – doing what we agreed when we said it would be done (or earlier!)
4. Getting up and getting on with the work – ie self motivation
5. Managing our time to achieve the best results
6. Paying attention to detail (quality …)
7. Remembering stuff that’s important
8. Flexibility – willingness to make changes in our plans or our approach
9. Determination – ability to keep going
10. Willingness to reflect on our own contribution to the team (and learn from it)

Scrivener gem

While working on your Scrivener project, if you’re not sure what editing you’ve done in the past week/month and want to revisit your progress, you can search for any document that has been amended since a certain date. 

To learn more, if you have time today, read this blog post. If not, make a note to read it another day.

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