Lee Fox-Smith is my guest today. Lee and his family travel the world and are currently in Cambodia but, thanks to the magic of the Internet, he's here with us today. We will talk soon about Lee's new book, The Vegan Argument: Why There Really Is An Answer For Everything, but, first, we're going to talk about Scrivener ...
Introduction using Scrivener You have to start somewhere and writing your Introduction is as good a place as any? And, of course, I'm using Scrivener. I'm now working on my second book, but applying the same principles that were recommended to me during my Self-Publishing School course last summer, when I wrote and self-published EDITING The RedPen Way: 10 steps to successful self-editing. What's my second book called? This one is one of three...
Today's guest is writer, publisher, Scrivener trainer and author of the Udemy course Scrivener for iOS, Steve Shipley. Rather than discussing how Steve uses Scrivener for writing his two books and scriptwriting stage plays, today's blog post focuses on how, as an early beta tester for Scrivener for iOS, he came to write his course: Scrivener for iOS, available to my readers at 70% off ...
Courtney Kenney is today's quest. Courtney's book Creating Space to Thrive: Get Unstuck, Reboot Your Creativity and Change Your Life is a great read, full of brilliant advice, and is on sale at only $0.99 for five days, starting TODAY. I'm so pleased to have Courtney here, sharing her Scrivener journey with us. So, Courtney, you're a Scrivener Supporter? Absolutely! Scrivener has changed my life as a writer. Before Scrivener, I wrote in Microsoft Word and...
Today's guest is Alinka Rutkowska, fellow Wrimo and Scrivener fan. Back in March 2016, Alinka shared how she uses Scrivener in her writing. Since then, she and I have been talking and finding that we have much in common. We're learning all the time, and we make mistakes along the way. We both want to share what we've discovered, to help other writers enjoy the same success we've had, without the setbacks. We...
Linda Lindquist is my guest today. A fellow student at the Self Publishing School, whose book KEEPING YOUR COMPUTER HEALTHY is being launched today and will be free to download for five days starting TODAY. Linda's book covers four main topics of concern to computer users: How to find out whether your computer is infected How the cyber-criminals get in How to remove the malware infections How to keep your computer healthy All important information! Hi,...
Bookmarks Annotations are useful for leaving yourself messages within your manuscript, but a special form of these, linked to the text itself, is the bookmark. What is a bookmark in Scrivener? A bookmark is a linked annotation, one which marks a spot within the manuscript so that you can navigate to that spot easily when needed. Bookmarking can also be used to mark out sections of text within a longer manuscript. Why use bookmarks? Bookmarks can...
Kay Kukoyi is my guest today. Kay has spent over a decade as a software delivery specialist, including mobile apps, web apps, and websites. She has a passion for translating ideas into professional software used by businesses and consumers worldwide. Like me, Kay joined the Self-Publishing School during 2016, both of us with a view to publishing our books. My EDITING The RedPen Way was published in September and, in the past...
Messaging in Scrivener can be achieved in many ways. 1 Annotations 2 Footnotes 3 Comments 4 Project and document notes Which method(s) you choose depends mostly on whether you are working alone or in collaboration with others, and the extent to which you want to export these messages. The links below take you back to the posts which gave an in-depth discussion of each option. There are two more posts to complete...
