Scrivener 3’s revised user interface – The bottom line
Bottom line? We looked already at how the top part of the user interface has changed. See this blog post. Today, it's time to examine the bottom line. Working from left to right ...
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Upgrading from Scrivener 2 to Scrivener 3: The revised user interface
User interface? At the top of Literature & Latte's list of improvements for Scrivener 3 is the revised user interface. What's the user interface? When you open up Scrivener, whichever version you are using - or any other application, for that matter - you are presented with a window and that's your user interface. The interface is crammed full of features: icons you can click, menus that drop down, options all over the place. It's like...
Upgrading from Scrivener 2 to Scrivener 3: Who moved my cheese?
Managing change is a skill. For those of us who had reached the comfortable stage with Scrivener 2, to be confronted with Scrivener 3 is more than a challenge! Literature & Latte released the upgrade in the middle of November when many writers were busy with NaNoWriMo and I for one have only just about found time to have a serious look at it. The user interface - and knowing where everything is...
Boxing Day sale
Happy Boxing Day! If you were lucky enough to receive money for Christmas, you might be thinking about investing in yourself. Three suggestions ...
Scrivener 3: Linguistic focus
Linguistic focus is a new feature in Scrivener 3. November - and NaNoWriMo - is well and truly over, and we now have Scrivener 3, so you might be tempted to start editing your NaNo novel - that's if you've finished writing it! Personally, I'd recommend you put it aside for at least two or three months. But I know some of you are itching to start. To date, I've used ProWritingAid and/or Autocrit...
Life after NaNo = Exploring Scrivener 3
There is life after NaNo - exploring Scrivener 3! Each November, for thirty days, my focus is on writing that new novel. This year, it was Lucinda's Legacy - a tale triggered by a comment I overheard back in May: It's all about the money. Oh no, it's not. Oh yes, it is! And then the story grew and grew and grew ...
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20 November 2017
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The release of Scrivener 3 has been a long time coming! Earlier today Scrivener changed its logo. And at last, we have - or almost have! - the option to download Scrivener 3. The cost is not huge and the new features promised - according to their recent blog post - will warm the hearts of many Scrivener fans. To find out more, book a Simply Scrivener Special. Meanwhile .. I have some time to enjoy exploring these...
Images in a Scrivener project: Images in text documents
Images can bring a page to life. In the previous post, I gave an overview of how you might use images in a Scrivener project. Here, I'm focusing on images in a text document. Images in a text document You have two options when pulling in an image to a text document. You can place the image itself, in which case the image is treated like a character of text. The image file size...
Images in a Scrivener project: Overview
An image can paint a thousand words, so they say. [caption id="attachment_10820" align="alignright" width="495"] An image within a text document[/caption] And there are several circumstances where you might consider including images in a Scrivener project. An image within a text document An image in a character brief An image for a book cover Sourcing your images There are several sources of images. You might take a photo using your camera, iPhone or IPad and upload it...
NaNo2017: All tooled up!
All tooled up and ready to write? Only hours to go and this post is to make sure you have everything at your fingertips for the 30 days of November. Complete your planning If you are a pantser - this will be a very quick process! If you are a planner, your outline will provide you with prompts for every day. The scene synopsis will guide you through what was to be your storyline. It's...
