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Then as they add additional scenes (each in its own document) their story’s structure becomes easily visible-and rearrangeable-in the sidebar (called the Binder). Pantsers can just create a new document and start writing.

No linear thinking or pre-planning required. What’s the benefit of using Scrivener for a pantser? Plus, you can always find enthusiastic bloggers sharing how they work with Scrivener. Literature & Latte-the company behind Scrivener-has quite a few video tutorials and a help forum on their site, as well as the complete User Manual, all accessible from the Help menu. Beyond that, there’s my book Scrivener For Dummies and my online classes.

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The introductory tutorial that comes with the software is a good place to start. That said, there are plenty of great resources out there. You added new-to-you features as needed, and ignored the rest. Your knowledge probably built slowly over time. Think about how you picked up any other software program.

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The frustration for most people comes because they want to know how to do everything right away, but that’s not how we learn. Some people just seem to get it right away, and others struggle because it’s a new way of thinking about writing. What do you estimate is the learning curve? And what resources would you recommend to help people get up to speed easily? Screenwriters, academics, poets, lawyers, journalists, and even genealogists are using Scrivener because it makes keeping track of all aspects of your writing-research, pictures, ideas, character and setting info, word count, goals-so easy.Īnd, Scrivener is great for indie publishers because it makes creating e-books for Amazon, and all other platforms, a cinch. In addition to fiction and nonfiction manuscripts, I use it for blog posts and articles. I couldn’t have written Scrivener For Dummies without its project management features. Scrivener is great for all types of writing. Is Scrivener mostly for fiction writers or can anyone benefit from it?

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Then I found color coding, research and image storage, word count targets, annotations, full screen composition mode… I could go on for hours. No more lost sticky notes, scraps of paper, or odd documents on my hard drive! In Scrivener, I can just create a scene document within my project and keep it out of the way until I figure out where it goes. I don’t often write out of order, but in Word, if I got an idea for a future scene-or even snippet of dialogue-I didn’t really know where to put it.

The initial appeal for me was that I could write in scenes or chapters and see the structure of my work easily. I started using it in late 2009 after a friend recommended it. When did you first start using Scrivener and what drew you to it versus using Word (for example)?

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UPDATE – the winner of the drawing is Pamela Aares. Comment on the blog, and you’ll be entered to win. So for anyone else tempted, but hesitant, read on! – Orly Konig-LopezĪnd since she’s so amazing, Gwen has offered free enrollment for either her February or September Scrivener class to one lucky WITS reader. But how lucky am I that the amazing Gwen Hernandez, author of Scrivener for Dummies, is a chapter mate and was kind enough to answer some questions. I was two-thirds of the way into my WIP and the idea of learning a new software and slogging through the rest of the book did me in. Since so many author friends rave about how fabulous it is, I promptly installed the software and launched it. A few months ago I won a copy of Scrivener.

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