Scrivener, lecture et écriture numérique

Having traditionally published two books, I field a lot of questions from writers about how I manage my book projects, what kinds of software I use, and what my schedule looks like. Here’s a brief summary of my process.

Scrivener is the world's best software for writers.....However, I have often thought that Scrivener is so well designed that it could serve other purposes. One of these is as a project management center.

Over the years I have tried many writing programs. Of them, my favorite by far is Scrivener. I discovered Scrivener less than a year ago, though I had heard of it before that. To put that in Indie publishing perspective, that was about three and half novels ago. I have come to use Scrivener almost exclusively for planning, writing and editing novels. I only switch to another program when I am ready to share my work with an editor or format it for publication.

What is Scrivener?

In addition to the  five reasons to write your thesis in Scrivener there is at least one more: Scrivener provides a possibility of seeing and editing concurrently several snippets of texts. It's in...

I started using the first ever beta version of Scrivener for Windows after Claire's blog post here, .... I could try it out for more than the regular 30-days-trial, to see if I really liked it and if it was the right program for my non-fiction writing.

 And of course did I like it, even if I learned fast that the beta versions weren’t quite as great as the Scrivener Claire described . There were many features that Scrivener for Mac had which they hadn’t even had time to think about for Windows, and some of these features are still missing.

 ... I'd like to give you an overview of these differences here, along with a demonstration of how one can use it for non-fiction writing, because that's what I use Scrivener for.

 You might notice in some of the screen shots that my Scrivener is pretty colourful. I like working with colours, and in addition to that, the colours help me to organise and keep track of all the files.

. I’ve been a PC user since the beginning of time. When I started hearing ecstatic references to a Mac program for writers called Scrivener several years ago, I was a bit envious, but I didn’t thin...

I’m working on a technical science manuscript. Most science types default to MSWord, or OpenOffice, and LaTeX for technical writing. I don’t like any of those...

My colleagues in the sciences often ask if Scrivener is something useful for them. With this brief post, I’d like to illustrate the power of Scrivener for piecing together professional, technical manuscripts....

What makes Scrivener great for writing manuscripts is that you can have everything you need in a single ‘file’ (it’s actually a compilation of smaller files called a ‘project,’ but you only have to click once – that’s the point.) You can move sections and sub-sections around as you like. You can use the outline mode to discover where things are missing. You don’t have to write your manuscript in order. You can export things however you like.

I thought that others might be interested in hearing how I've started to setup Scrivener to plan out my blogging. This is all new for me, blogging on a regular basis and using Scriv to plan with. T...

Is Scrivener a great blogging tool? Professional blogger Sharon Hurley Hall thinks it is, and shares her Scrivener blogging setup.

A good technical blog post includes planning, setting objectives and research, which happens before any writing takes place. Here's how I do it.

I just submitted an application to the NSF DDIG*. It's a big grant and a big deal and getting it in makes me a very happy camper. I had already done a lot of writing for it in Word, which is where ...

I have structured my writing process around small chunks of time.
Here is what I do:

"Writing a thesis is painful. And it should be. But the pain should rest in wrestling with ideas and data not with software. Scrivener takes the pain out of the software side and ensures that your attention is always in the right place."

"To the aspiring authors out there:

Before reading this, there's one thing you absolutely need to know.  When it comes to writing, "there's no rules, only tools." Take all writing advice with a grain of salt. If you have time, or know you need a change, give things a try and keep what works for you.  If things are working for you, keep doing what you're doing and file this stuff for future reference."

ADVANCED NOVEL FORMATTING (FOR PRINT AND EBOOK) WITH SCRIVENER Okay, that headline is a mouthful. But then again, this post is a mindful. See what I did there? Mindful? Like it will fill your mind?...

I mentioned Scrivener in a recent post. It would appear that this word-processing and file management desktop programme - specifically developed by Literature