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Posted on 2 March 2020
In Scrivener

Every editor has their own way of working I'm sharing how I work, wearing my 'developmental editor's hat', with authors who plan to self-publish, many of whom are new to the publishing process. I use Scrivener for all my writing and, if that's what the authors in my RedPen Mentoring group choose as their writing environment, I provide editing services for them in Scrivener. I'm hoping some editors will consider providing the same...

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Posted on 17 February 2020
In Scrivener

My guest today is writer, blogger, owner-of-five-dogs Sara Martin, who lives a short drive away from me in Devon, UK. I first met Sara when she attended one of my workshop weekends at the Cottage Hotel in Hope Cove. She soon joined the Wednesday Writers, a monthly artist's date, also at the Cottage Hotel, hosted by myself and writing co-conspirator, Christine Cooke. Then, with three other local writers, Sara spent a year...

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Posted on 3 February 2020
In Scrivener

Editors are key to the publishing process Nowadays, many writers use Scrivener to produce their first draft. Many writers also choose to self-publish. Editors, for decades have used Word, and its Track Changes option, to communicate changes to be made by the author. We move on though and I hope editors will embrace Scrivener as a tool which enables them to serve this emerging self-publishing market. In the previous post, I listed what...

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Posted on 20 January 2020
In Scrivener

Choose an editor who uses Scrivener If you plan to self-publish, deciding to use Scrivener is step one: software that will take you from blank page to published book. Well done! Once you've self-edited your first draft, the next step is to set up your editing team, publishing professionals who also use Scrivener ...

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Posted on 6 January 2020
In Scrivener

Today's guest is Jerry Nelson - a content provider, freelance writer and published author. Jerry hails from Washington, DC and has travelled to, and worked in, 155 countries. As an American freelance writer, he now lives the expat life in Buenos Aires, Argentina with his wife Alejandra, their cat Tommy and a half-crazed street rescue dog, Revi. Like many of my guests, we've not met face to face (yet). Instead, our paths...

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Posted on 9 December 2019
In Scrivener

Links are also known as hyperlinks Scrivener links are available as internal links (to another place in your book) or external links (to a website). NB there are other options, but this post is 'keeping it simple'. Internal links Internal links allow the reader to leap from one place in your book to another, and only make sense if you are producing an eBook or outputting to PDF or Kindle. If your end product...

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Posted on 11 November 2019
In Scrivener

Project keywords provide another way of recording metadata. Why, and when, might you want to use them? In my The Golden Girls novel, I have eight characters, seven of whom who dine together each evening during their cruise. I also have several themes for this novel, for example: types of love; and the twelve topics in Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way. If I apply these as project keywords on a scene-by-scene...

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Posted on 28 October 2019
In Scrivener

Create your timeline within Scrivener Scrivener 3's custom metadata allows a date option. Perfect for keeping track of scenes on your timeline! Select a scene. Open the Inspector. Click on the icon for metadata (the middle of five icons). Click on the Set Up Metadata ...

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