by Justin Swapp | Aug 12, 2020 | Blog
How to Write a Novel So, you want to write a novel, huh? That’s a noble desire. But as Stephen King put it in his novel, On Writing, “you must not come lightly to the blank page.” Have you thought through what writing a novel really means—what it requires—not only of...
by Justin Swapp | Aug 12, 2020 | Blog
Writing and Organizing your Story Elements The first step in writing is thinking about the basics–your story elements. You’ll want to get comfortable asking yourself questions that will help you develop these elements that result in the spine of your story. Fleshing...
by Justin Swapp | Aug 12, 2020 | Blog
As many of us have, or will transition to Scrivener 3, I was reminded today that not everyone has done so quite yet. So, if you ever need to work on, or share a project with someone that requires Scrivener 2, it might be handy to know how that you can export the...
by Justin Swapp | Aug 12, 2020 | Blog
Scrivener gives you various ways to organize your documents into one project, and some special tools to improve your ability to get around your writing. One way Scrivener gives you additional organizing flexibility is with the collections feature. Scrivener...
by Justin Swapp | Aug 12, 2020 | Blog
How to Use Scrivener’s Binder The Scrivener Binder is a powerful scrivener feature designed to give the writer ultimate flexibility and control over the organization of his writing. If you’ve ever been frustrated with Microsoft Word because, for example, you have to...
by Justin Swapp | Aug 12, 2020 | Blog
Custom Format Presets in Scrivener As a creative writer, the last thing you want to spend time doing is a lot of formatting, Good news! Scrivener includes a handy feature that lets you create custom format presets that you might use frequently. Once you’ve customized...