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2021

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9 NOVEMBER 2021

Effect of having x-refs in an ebook and also on paper – different wording necessitating duplicated manuscripts
Starting from scratch – for visual and hands-on learners
Indentation of tables – not an option!
Editing documents
Format and styles management
Resorting items in the Binder
Compiling
Using comments / footnotes / annotations while transcribing taped interviews

12 OCTOBER 2021

A workflow for processing feedback where you compile to Word for a reviewer, and they provided their feedback in Word
Creating links to figures, and a table of contents for figures only
Exporting material which you want to display as 2-column text
Getting better organised and using Scrivener more effectively, and to its full potential

17 AUGUST

Creating a memoir and/or a memoir template
How to set up a project for a collection of short stories
Inserting page breaks – to make chapters start on a new page
Formatting issues – why what’s seen in the Editing pane is not what is output
Controlling what appears in the Outline view

20 JULY

Getting to know Scrivener without cutting into writing time too much
Using ProWritingAid with Scrivener
The Title page, Headings and Chapter format
The new menu system in Scrivener 3 (Windows users)
Bulk checking/unchecking of material to be included in a Compile
Opening documents post Compile – an easy way?
Setting margins while in composition mode

22 JUNE

Using Scrivener in creative ways eg to create a structured list
Styling issues
Keeping track of previous drafts

25 MAY

Disappearing text!
Importing writing from S2 into S3
Combining several versions of the same project
Collections
Exporting to PDF
Setting deadlines for individual documents/chapters
Using Zotero
Compiling!
Importing videos and slides of classes attended
Turning 80 pages of existing material into a Scrivener project

27 APRIL

Exporting to KDP
Customising page sizes
Creating book covers
Compiling issues
The Inspector – what’s it for?
Transferring projects from Scrivener 2 to Scrivener 3
Formatting!
Collections and the search function
Menu shortcuts
More formatting!
Picture captions – how to format them
Organising within the Binder
Footnotes and Endnotes
More formatting!
Creating an output for an editor

30 MARCH

Why you might use keywords (metadata)
The features of Scrivener: Binder, Editing pane, Inspector ….
Using Scrivener to write a memoir
How to make imported text conform to the same format being used in the rest of a document
Dividing imported chapters into separate documents
Notecards and how to coordinate those with your files
What goes into the synopsis in the Inspector and how does it get there
Formatting and compilation options
Alternative sources of learning for anyone for whom the L&L videos don’t cut the mustard
Issues with using Scrivener’s default templates in Compile

2 FEBRUARY

Binder skills
Comparing two versions of a project using snapshots
Changing the font for a project
Widening the text in the Editor pane (reducing the margins!)
Position of the cursor when typing
Outputting to ebook and Kindle
Organising projects!
Working with critique partners when you have Scrivener and they don’t

5 JANUARY

Setting up the Binder, using elements from a default template in another project
Targets
Formatting
Secondary backup
Importing web pages
Images / photos an captions
Split screens
Incorporating comments from feedback partners/editors
Academic use of Scrivener

2020

8 DECEMBER

Using checkbox metadata to create to-do lists for scenes and/or chapters
Formatting
Word counts
Images / photos an captions
Viewing two pages, side by side
Outlines

10 NOVEMBER

Images
Viewing two pages, side by side
Protecting your WIP from power cuts, machine failure, Internet connection problems and human failures!
Section types
Corkboard
Compile

13 OCTOBER

Playwriting
Formatting and compiling for ebook and paperback

29 SEPTEMBER

Collections!
Choosing a font style/size for a section type
Tips for the writing stage: to help organise writing and the best way to use section types at this stage

15 SEPTEMBER

Images needing to be incorporated for a family history book
Corkboard overview
Custom metadata for a timeline
Discussion between Ninette and myself about project targets

1 SEPTEMBER

Inspector features
Deleting titles from the Open menu?
Creating PDFs to send to a printing company
Formatting for full out and indented paras
Creating an outline for a complicated structure – using section types
Searching for character mentions
Labels versus keywords

18 AUGUST

Creating folders, sub folders, document via the Binder, the Corkboard, the Outliner
Scrivener 2 versus Scrivener 3
Formatting issue: How to avoid importing material which upsets the formatting.
Formatting issue: How to change formatting of text in the Editing pane
Formatting issue: how to impose a format for new documents in this project
Formatting issue: how to impose a format for new documents in all future projects
Blocked versus indented style – how to achieve indented style with the opening paragraph full out
How to incorporate symbols (and emojis)
How to incorporate letters with accents

4 AUGUST

How to create cross references
Two compile issues: pagination and separators
How compile 15k words into Word Times New Roman 12 font and 1.5 spacing
Saving work – versus autosave versus backup
Section Types
How to make a Template for short stories collection like you have.
How to import a finished short story with # scene dividers into a Scrivener short story template
Maximizing Outliner and other functions that help outline a novel
Printing Outliner or exporting to Excel or another program to print
Developing timelines for a novel
Creating customized templates
Fast/efficient ways (or “hacks”) to maximize the value of Scrivener
How to format a summary outline and full MS for submission to an agent/publisher

21 JULY

Transferring an 80K word WIP from Mac Pages to Scrivener
Compiling: creating an ebook of poems; setting up a customised project format; section types; pagination; including titles; formatting text; vertical spacing; ebook covers; exporting to PDF
Split screens / snapshots / revision mode

7 JULY

Integrating external templates eg StoryGrid so tat it becomes ones of Scrivener’s template
Including eg character/setting templates from another template into your new project
Using Scrivener for short stories
Outliner mode
Timeline for a scene
Save versus autosave versus backup
Working with ProWritingAid
Working on the same projects on two devices
How to use Scrivener to outline after you have started writing, with index cards

23 JUNE

References and Bibliographies
Importing webpages to a document/to the Binder
Using Scrivener to write a play
Starting from the beginning
Collections

9 JUNE

Using Scrivener for essays
Recovering text from a snapshot
Everything has disappeared!
How do I transfer an MP4 (part of a course) into my project?
Using Scrivener for non-fiction
Why write in scenes? Why not chapters?
Using Scrivener for memoir

26 MAY

How to save a project template
Annotations
On opening, the project template instructions
Page Set Up
When to save
Copy and pasting
Strategy for collating multiple drafts
ScratchPad
Compile – 20 slides on selection, outputting, formatting and tags

12 MAY

Sorting list items alphabetically?
How to move large chunks of text around
Footnotes: to be part of the automatic word count – and – have them count towards the daily goal?
Using copyholders, quick references pane, bookmarks and split panes to reference other material while writing.
How to collaborate with colleagues and editors
PWA: But how do you actually integrate the program in your own workflow?
A comprehensive easy to navigate guidebook, ebook, or?

28 APRIL

Sticking to preferred font in Editing pane
Creating a book from blog posts
Vertical spacing (padding / leading) and horizontal spacing (indentation)
Table of contents
Recovering from a messed-up default template
Preventing documents disappearing when moving them around in the Binder
How to get started!

14 APRIL

In non-fiction format, creating chapters with sub-headings in each chapter
Copying material from Scrivener to WordPress?
Creating A5 document with margins of 1” for PDF?
Compiling hints
Save vs Save As vs Backup; save/autosave/backup locations + timing
How to create a new document, annotations, and creating chapters

31 MARCH

Importing footnotes from Word
Inspector
Printing selected scenes/chapters
Corkboard use
Save vs Save As vs Backup; save/autosave/backup locations + creating versions
Export vs Compile – lost material?
Shortcut codes to use like #, etc.
Collaboration; Sharing a project;
Tables and figures;
Citations and using a ref manager

17 MARCH (there is a short silence at about 3 mins)

Revision mode!
Editing
Using the corkboard

3 MARCH

Font sizes: in the Editing pane, when you output through Compile, in the binder
Tips for Writing and Editing
Scrivener 3 for Windows

18 FEBRUARY

The need for Word users to reframe their minds when working in Scrivener
Scrivener stupid? How to get started …
Tips and tricks for fiction writers
Using Scrivener for the editing process
Split screens – for writing and reference material
Compile: How does it work? Can you still write/edit after you’ve compiled? (YES!)
Using compile to output synopses

4 FEBRUARY

Setting up a novel and its revisions
Cross-referencing images, tables and equations
Moving documents within the Binder
Setting target word count for chapters/scenes and seeing the actual number of words written
How to break a book into chapters, then use the various functions, and how Scrivener saves.
Collections
Difference between Structured based and Section based docs.
Metadata: how others use it?

21 JANUARY

Importing images from the Internet
Composition mode
Autonumbering of figures and tables

7 JANUARY

Using Scrivener for blogging
Notes
Metadata
Adding images
Looking for hints and tips on things a new user might not know are there

2019

10 DECEMBER

Images: Problems with adding too many images to Scrivener?

26 NOVEMBER

Formatting
Putting all into eBook and paperback
Dimensions when trying to deal with Amazon

12 NOVEMBER

Too many questions! These were the ones discussed:

Page numbering: Page x of y
Controlling start/style of page numbering
Headers – controlling front matter
Compile strategy: too much trial and error?
TOC issues
Pagination discrepancies with Kindle output
Chapters versus sections
Backing up data
Processing feedback
Excel spreadsheets – can’t be imported into Scrivener …
TOC page not populating …
Endnotes and footnotes: Importing footnotes from Word
Formats: fiction versus non-fiction
Headers, again …

29 OCTOBER

No questions! So, we talked about RedPen Mentoring and other membership options.

15 OCTOBER

Metadata – a complete overview

1 OCTOBER

Binder structure for a memoir
Vertical spacing / separators

3 SEPTEMBER

US English / UK English
Timeline .. How to achieve in Scrivener?

20 AUGUST

How can Scrivener help with editing?
Endnotes by chapter
Scriptwriting demo please …
Wrap it up to ebook, with cover to AKD?

6 AUGUST

Placeholders
Status Stamps
Snapshots
Compiling overview

23 JULY

Metadata
Tools to use to help with revision
Double spaced output
Blocked paragraphs after a heading
Indented first line elsewhere
Document titles within manuscript
Automatic numbering and cross referencing

25 JUNE

Research techniques (listed last but discussed first)
Separators
Revision mode
How to get rid of spaces …

11 JUNE

Scrivener: for beginners
Split screens
Auto numbering

28 MAY

A bumper session!

Scrivener –ese
How to start writing!
Understanding the icons
Not losing documents when moving them
What’s the Inspector for?
Index cards on the Corkboard – link to Inspector
Searching on metadata
Snapshots – purpose?
Working with ProWritingAid
Keeping your work safe – Taking backups – Working without DropBox?
Window/PC vs Mac tutorials/videos

14 MAY

When will S3 be available on Windows/PC platform?
Where to start – for a complete beginner?

30 APRIL

Compile process !!!
Section layout assignment
Including / excluding titles
Setting section types

16 APRIL

What are Invisibles? Why make them visible?
Speech to text – how does it work?
Using synopses, notes and labels
Creating and managing a file cabinet

9 APRIL

Track changes? How to use with Scrivener
Indenting paragraphs using spaces
Uneven paragraph indentation

2 APRIL

How do you put page numbers onto the page?
How can you tell what version of Scrivener you have?
Chapter numbers – how to format
How to create new folders / structure

26 MARCH

Set up Scrivener so that the text is Times Roman, 12 pt and double spaced?
Headers and footers?
Scrivener tips?

19 MARCH

What’s the difference between Scrivener 2 and Scrivener 3? Is it worth making the change?
Should you be using a PC or a Mac?!

12 MARCH

Compiling with a prologue and epilogue without the automatic chapter numbering going wrong
Search techniques: using Boolean operators, saving as a collection
Naming / renaming / deleting Scrivener projects

5 MARCH

More on compiling
A look at overall organisation: from initial idea to outline to published book!

26 FEBRUARY

Complete novice: where to start?
Corkboard: why does anyone use it?
Meta-data for multiple locations and POVs
Compiling

12 FEBRUARY

How to print out a synopsis
Importing files – some not possible?
Locking split panes

5 FEBRUARY

How to find Scrivener project!
How to get total word count before compiling
Publishing: Best font
Formatting: Best place to put page breaks

29 JANUARY

How to have a Prologue and then to have Scrivener auto number the chapters (correctly) thereafter
How to make better use of Scrivener

22 JANUARY – all about COLLECTIONS and how they are NOT METADATA, but can be used to search on metadata

15 JANUARY

Where to start if you’re a complete novice
Sources of help (online tutorials, etc)
Why use metadata … when planning, writing, and editing
Collections: how they are set up, why they are useful

8 JANUARY: Looking at Labels (metadata + changing colour), Chapter headings (shown in Scrivenings and output via Compile) and Sections (an introduction to Scrivener 3’s Section Types).

2018

4 DECEMBER

How I find inspiration for blogging / writing

27 NOVEMBER

What to do if you’ve run out of time and only have three days left to hit 50K
How to succeed at NaNoWriMo … directions!
What happens after NaNoWriMo …

20 NOVEMBER

Why I write scenes and don’t group into chapters until I have completed the first draft
Using Outliner to check progress and to determine which scene to tackle next
If you get stuck mid-NaNo, running out of words to write, how can Scrivener help?
What happens after NaNoWriMo?

13 NOVEMBER

Lots on using the Outliner: to see progress to date against targets set
Copying and pasting your manuscript / outline into Notes (or similar) and accessing via other devices eg iPad so you can write on the go during NaNo (without setting up syncing)
Swapping between templates eg if you set up as a non-fiction but are writing a novel, and vice versa

6 NOVEMBER More on images in Scrivener text documents; importing text using copy and paste; annotations; validating the NaNo word count

30 OCTOBER

How to set up a Scrivener project so you can finish an unfinished novel, without cheating at NaNo.
Selecting contiguously and non-contiguously!
Having more than one window open on your screen – window control …
Images – pulling them into a Scrivener project from the Internet

23 OCTOBER:

Why use Scrivener for NaNo?
Where do I start (complete novice)?
Where can I get help?

16 OCTOBER: Mostly NaNo related topics:

How to set up a new account on the NaNo site
How to enter your novel information
How I created my cover image

9 OCTOBER:

Should you attend the next series since it looks like it’s all about NaNo? (Answer = YES!)
When will Scrivener 3 be available for Windows? (Answer = no idea?)
Research and how to pull in images from the Internet.

2 OCTOBER: Technical issues so the slides are a bit behind my voiceover … but only three very simple topics: Frontmatter; Searching and getting back to the binder; Finding files!

25 SEPTEMBER: Exporting to different formats; Compiling; Formatting; Fonts; Editing

18 SEPTEMBER: Several topics

Tables
Using collections/split panes with editing tools eg ProWritingAid
Organisation: Starting a new project
Organisation: Setting up a compile for alternative requirements

11 SEPTEMBER

Controlling the onscreen appearance
Using collections/split panes
Setting up structured character sketches
The best fonts to use
Editing tools
Levels/icons in the binder
Making Status stamps visible

4 SEPTEMBER Several topics:

The need for activation – don’t close Scrivener!
Moving material around (binder, corkboard, outliner)
Formatting
Page breaks
Printing out the synopses
Finding projects using spotlight
Outlining / corkboard views

17 JULY Three topics: all about the Corkboard; the concept of global tasks (‘big picture’ and ‘devil in the detail’); editing tools – ProWritingAid, AutoCrit and Grammarly

10 JULY All about project templates and scriptwriting in particular

3 JULY For beginners, where to start, where to get help. For those already using Scrivener, how to improve your use of Scrivener. Strategies for success!

26 JUNE Practical considerations: Software licence rules for Scrivener; Syncing … don’t – keep it simple and work to suit you physically and mentally; Backups

19 JUNE

My MO (modus operandi) using various Scrivener features to write a novel, editing the first draft (as per recent blog posts) and then on to finished manuscript, ready for publication

12 JUNE

The ‘big’ picture – how it fits together (demo later in the recording); Formatting features that are provided in Word – also available in Scrivener; Quickest way to learn Scrivener?

5 JUNE

Outliner versus the Corkboard; Messaging – why use footnotes?; the Research folder

29 MAY All about the corkboard

22 MAY Still experiencing connection problems so no webcam for this recording. Topics discussed:

Issues of incompatibility of the Clipboard between sources of text (Facebook comments, webpages/forms) and Scrivener; how to get around this!
The Ideas folder in the Non-fiction template. You need to add documents before adding your ideas within them.
Changing icons for folders and documents as an aide memoire
Re blog post on creating chapters, discussion on the purpose of chapters in a novel, how long they should be, how many … the need to stick to scenes while writing the first draft, when you are still not sure of best order of scenes … iterative process (finite!) in determining the correct order.

15 MAY A delayed start due to technical problems so a shortened session covering three topics:

How does the Ctrl Z (Undo) work and does it work when adding/deleting footnotes? (Yes!)
Using Compile to export character sketches
Pulling in images from various sources to the Research folder

24 APRIL Two big/broad questions:

Explain templates, style, metadata and compiling – I did an overview!
Compiling to Word: I explained formatting, the concept of parts. chapters and scenes (and levels) and how to create a TOC

10 APRIL

After a slow start due to my Powerpoint crashing (so you can skip the first 2 mins), there is a full hour tackling four topics:

Setting up a TOC (table of contents) using Copy Special / Copy Documents as TOC – see this blog post too
Metadata: making best use of the Label
Compiling – the importance of setting up a Compile Preset – see this blog post too
Transferring a novel from Scrivener 2 on a Windows machine to Scrivener 3 on a Mac – using Import and Split

3 APRIL

A short session (20 mins) including a peak inside Scrivener courses that I’ve enrolled on.

27 MARCH

We discussed compiling generally, dragging images into a Scrivener project, creating a Table of Contents, and controlling page breaks. I explained what ‘levels’ mean in Scrivener 2: essential to look at the position of a document/folder in the Binder and the icons. I also showed how to export to Word, and to add line numbers to a Word document.

27 FEBRUARY