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Posted on 28 September 2020
In Scrivener

In this mini-series of posts. I focus on three aspects of compiling: First, it was output options. Last time: section types This time: placeholders, headers and footers I’ve already published a series of posts on compiling with Scrivener 3, that I recommend you read: Compiling with Scrivener 3: An Introduction Compiling with Scrivener 3: Outputting to PDF Compiling with Scrivener 3: Section layout assignment Compiling with Scrivener 3: Text tidying of...

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Posted on 14 September 2020
In Scrivener

In this mini-series of posts. I focus on three aspects of compiling: Last time it was output options. This time: section types Next time: placeholders, headers and footers I've already published a series of posts on compiling with Scrivener 3, that I recommend you read: Compiling with Scrivener 3: An Introduction Compiling with Scrivener 3: Outputting to PDF Compiling with Scrivener 3: Section layout assignment Compiling with Scrivener 3: Text tidying...

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Posted on 31 August 2020
In Scrivener

Compiling is the final step in the self-publishing sequence (although you are free to compile whenever you feel the need!). For many, compiling poses the greatest challenge. There seem to be so many options, and the route to producing precisely what you want resembles a labyrinth at first sight. However, Scrivener offers default settings, you could produce something that’s OKAY, without having to understand every nook and cranny of the options available...

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Posted on 28 August 2020
In Guest blogpost, Scrivener

My guest today is oral storyteller and writer Liz Berg, a regular attendee at my RedPen Write-Ins. Liz Berg hails from Wales and now lives in the equally magical land of Cornwall, where she is mining the history of her Jewish heritage and Celtic links for inspiration. Her book Jewish Folk Tales in Britain and Ireland is being published by The History Press, is now available on preorder and due for release...

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Posted on 24 August 2020
In Scrivener

Inspector skills on parade! The Inspector panel have five icons. The most recent two blogposts in this Inspector Skills series have covered items 1, 2 and 3. 1 Notes and  3 Metadata in the Inspector Skills: Metadata post 2 bookmarks in the Inspector Skills: Bookmarks post This post looks at the last two icons. 4 Snapshots 5 Comments and Footnotes Snapshots Snapshots is another one of those tools you can live without until you discover...

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Posted on 17 August 2020
In Scrivener

Metadata is data about data Metadata offers a way of documenting your manuscript: powerful for editing - I refer to metadata as the Editor's Friend in this blogpost - but it's also useful when you are writing that first draft - or during the planning stages. Note that I write in scenes - part of the story that happen at a place, at a time and involves a subset of the cast...

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Posted on 10 August 2020
In Scrivener

Inspector skills to the fore In this 'crash course' of Scrivener features, we have already considered Binder skills, and Editing pane options. Now it's the turn of the Inspector. The next four blog posts focus on these four topics. Bookmarks Metadata Snapshots Comments and footnotes Today, it's bookmarks. What is a bookmark? Within a browser environment, the term bookmark is almost interchangeable with ‘favourite’ – you bookmark a webpage because you want to return to...

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Posted on 3 August 2020
In Scrivener

The Outliner tracks progress The three Editing pane options are: your Scrivenings, your Corkboard or your Outliner view. In a previous post, I looked at Scrivenings. Last time, I focused on the Corkboard. Today, it’s all about the Outliner view. Outliner view is not for outlining? You can use the Outliner to outline your novel, if you wish. I prefer to use the Corkboard as it gives me the card image which matches...

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Posted on 27 July 2020
In Scrivener

It’s all about the Corkboard! The three Editing pane options are: your Scrivenings, your Corkboard or your Outliner view. In the previous post, I looked at Scrivenings. Next time, I’ll focus on the Outliner view. Today, it’s all about the Corkboard. Why use the Corkboard? The Corkboard is not compulsory! To write your text, you need Scrivenings, but you need not venture further into the Editing pane options if you'd rather not. However, the Corkboard,...

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