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Step 10 = Ask for feedback Once second-fix editing is complete, what happens next? Asking for feedback At various times in the writing/editing process, you might decide to seek feedback from others. In my RedPen Editing cycle, this is Step 10. Once second-fix editing is done, and you feel as happy as you can be with what you've produced, you might send your manuscript to a developmental editor for professional guidance. This will involve an...

Scrivener has your back How you structure your book depends on what you're writing. Whatever you're writing, and however you prefer to write, Scrivener will support your strategy. A bottom-up approach might suit you if you're writing a novel. I tend to establish what scenes I need, based on my character sketches. Since I usually only start a new novel in September for that year's NaNoWriMo, I aim for 100 scenes...

Every story needs an information highway Within a story, information travels to and fro between characters and, as a witness to these interactions, to the reader. Add to this, the narrator's contribution and you should have a story, one that works. How does logic fit into a story? Whatever your premise, there will be some logic in how you took that premise and turned it into a story. You dreamed up a plot. ...

It's all about the Outliner! The Editing pane can show your Scrivenings, your Corkboard or your Outliner view. In a previous post, I looked at the bottom line of the Scrivenings; in last week's post, I focused on the Corkboard view. Today, it’s all about the Outliner view. The Outliner bottom line: comparing Scrivener 3 with Scrivener 2 In Scrivener 2, the Outline bottom line looks like this. In Scrivener 3, it's the same functionality on the left...