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Post by angietrafford on May 4, 2016 9:31:09 GMT -6
Does anybody else use this?
I think it is an absolutely amazing piece of technology and I'm not sure how I got on before I actually discovered it! I am probably only using a little bit of its potential because it is too confusing to be able to work out so I am learning little bit set a time from online tutorials.
Despite being confusing, I absolutely love the way that you can split the screen and look at two things at once. For example, you could be writing a chapter while looking at the map of where they are going, or the picture of your character you can keep referring to.
I absolutely love this program and could not recommend it more to writers!
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Post by Felicia Hf on May 4, 2016 11:58:57 GMT -6
Does anybody else use this?
I have Scrivener, and use it too, though I use it less now for the actual story-writing. When I used it to write my novel, I found myself getting distracted by all the features it had, and was filling out all the character and settings charts instead of actually writing. On my current novel, I didn't use Scrivener to write it, and I think I was able to focus more on what I was actually writing and stopped planning so much. I think it's a perfect tool for editing though, because I can separate all my chapters, have an overview of the outline, and see much more clearly where most revision is needed. Overall, I love it, but it can be very distracting and lead to a lot of procrastination, when all you have to do is actually write that novel!
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Post by Joy Pixley on May 4, 2016 12:12:21 GMT -6
I'm debating whether to buy Scrivener, especially since I get a 50% discount as a NaNo winner goodie. I'm not looking forward to the inevitable transition costs of switching to a new program and trying to figure out how to use the new features. I keep waiting for some perfect free time to do that in, when my other projects aren't on drastic deadline but I'm also not feeling "in the zone" and getting some good writing in. But who am I kidding? That will never happen!
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Post by angietrafford on May 4, 2016 16:13:10 GMT -6
Does anybody else use this?
Overall, I love it, but it can be very distracting and lead to a lot of procrastination, when all you have to do is actually write that novel! I am not much of a planner naturally so it kinda helped!
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Post by angietrafford on May 4, 2016 16:20:51 GMT -6
I'm debating whether to buy Scrivener, especially since I get a 50% discount as a NaNo winner goodie. I'm not looking forward to the inevitable transition costs of switching to a new program and trying to figure out how to use the new features. I keep waiting for some perfect free time to do that in, when my other projects aren't on drastic deadline but I'm also not feeling "in the zone" and getting some good writing in. But who am I kidding? That will never happen! I changed from ywriter and just copied and pasted! I was surprised how easy it was!
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Post by The Voice on May 5, 2016 7:02:07 GMT -6
I'm debating whether to buy Scrivener, especially since I get a 50% discount as a NaNo winner goodie. I'm not looking forward to the inevitable transition costs of switching to a new program and trying to figure out how to use the new features. I keep waiting for some perfect free time to do that in, when my other projects aren't on drastic deadline but I'm also not feeling "in the zone" and getting some good writing in. But who am I kidding? That will never happen! I think I'm in the same boat as you, Joy. I've thought about buying it but I hate the learning curve of figuring out how a program works (as I mentioned with Final Draft). I've read many great reviews about Scrivener but I think like Felicia mentioned, it might be more distracting than useful. I may try it at some point, but my routine works for me now so if it ain't broke...
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Post by Joy Pixley on May 5, 2016 7:39:45 GMT -6
I just watched a couple tutorials online about it, and it actually doesn't look that hard. It's clear that there are a ton of features and ways to customize it, but that you don't need to use most of them just to get started. So I figure I'll start with the basics and work my way up. I was mostly concerned that it would do everything I want it to, and I'm pretty sure it does.
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Post by Joy Pixley on Jun 1, 2016 17:00:36 GMT -6
Update on my Scrivener saga. I bought it. I imported the text of my novel into it (holding off on the world building and to-do notes). Long story short: I struggled with it for a couple of days and gave up. For NOW. It was just too crazy trying to squeeze 300 pages of existing (and not very well organized) material in there and try to format it right. I kept changing one thing one way here and then accidentally doing it a different way somewhere else, and not even understanding what I'd done in the other places, just that it looked different.
I am still totally open to using Scrivener, but I think it will make more sense to *start* a project in there first. Maybe even start a fake project just to experiment with stuff so that when I put in a novel for reals next time, I do everything the same way with all the chapters from the beginning. Once I get a first full draft of Corwallen Manor, if I've had more time to work with Scrivener, I might try another import, we'll see. Otherwise, I'll start with the next novel.
The good news is that in thinking through this whole process, I realized that there are some fairly easy ways I could improve my experience with using Open Office Writer. So I went back to my original and instituted some changes to the way I organized and formatted, and WOW, it's made a huge difference.
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