It was a busy day but I did manage to get to 29,043 to date. So far so good. Today’s goal was 28,339 words. Yay! I still want to write a bit more before bedtime.
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Nice work, Dar. You’re running about 10k ahead of me :).
Thank you. I will put that in a tiny competitive place in my heart. I know that by week 3 everybody is far ahead of me. Say doyou you have an easy way to start a new Scrivener project? I am having to copy and paste the instructions into a text to speech program and it’s very slow. Do you still like scrivener like you did before?
Yes, I still like Scrivener for all the same reasons, and even better when, during this NaNo, one of the files corrupted (my fault) and I was able to recover it because Scrivener stores the files in normal formats like text and rtf.
The easy way to start a new project is to make a copy of one you’ve set up just the way you liked, delete all the specific manuscript stuff, and save as a template. Or you could do it the lazy way like I do, and just copy the previous project, delete the old text, and you’re set. I started doing this because I’d tweak the setup every time I started a new project, and so had to update the template.
The harder part is to copy all your layout preferences and dictionaries onto your multiple computers. It’s on hard the first time though because you have to track them down or recreate the settings/layouts. And it’s once per install unless you update something. I’m just hyper-aware of it because I just had to replace the desktop and laptop (the later was a gift and the former died unexpectedly :p)
Oh, and another way is to search the web for premade templates and find one you like from someone you trust. For example, I use Aeon Timeline as well, and they offered a template set up to make porting between the two systems easier. Don’t know if they still do, though.
Even this seems a foreign language. But I suppose as I work with it I’ll begin to comprehend the lingo.
I only have one computer (laptop) but one of my reasons for going with yWriter7 is because I can open and work on the project on my tablet or Kindle Fire saving as I go to dropbox. Can I do that with Scrivener?
I haven’t used Ywriter for a very long time, but the big difference then was the storage system. If your Ywriter project corrupted, that was it. All gone.
Scrivener does not have an Android system just yet, and when they do add it, you have to buy that separately. However, because the files are stored as .txt and .rtf, you can sneak around behind it and write in them directly. I’ve done this before, though it’s been a while. Now, I tend just to use a notes file then copy and paste in when I’m on the computer.
There is an iPad version that I used to use. I still have it, but the iPad is so heavy that I might as well bring my 11-inch laptop and have full functionality with the programs I use. Plus that laptop is much cheaper ($350 on sale) than an iPad and mine is version 1 so a bit out of date.
Thanks for all that! I see what you mean. I can open Word on my Kindle or tablet and type what inspiration strikes and copy and paste into Scrivener. I can’t wait to have the program there and feeling more confident with the system. Hope your NaNo is going well. Hugs!
Yr welcome and thanks. It’s going at least, which is more than I was confident of :). Actually it’s starting to move a little faster, so I might still squeeze my way across the 50k deadline :).
I knew it! You are a great example for me as you spend a lot of time preparing for the story. So I know from my attempts at doing so, that once the ground work is laid the story takes off. I can see the finish line and both of us wearing the T-shirt while wiping the sweat from our brows! 😊
Right. You mean I WAS a great example. I have not been prepared the past three years including this one and have suffered for it. The better prepared you are, the easier it is to do. I’m just not so great at the “outline two scenes ahead of the writing” gig.
Wow! That’s even farther prepared than I ever have been. I get a lightweight outline of as much of the story as I can. But I don’t outline a scene. I think I know where it’s going but often get surprised or write two versions of the same scene to see which works better. I would like to get better at planning than I have though.
The trick is to realize whatever you put in the outline ahead of time is just there to keep you moving forward. Whether it actually makes it into the book is anyone’s guess. I’ve had outlines that are spot on and those that fell apart after the first few scenes. But I always do it to scene. I write an initial synopsis that has the bigger picture, but the outline is essentially an organized first person summary draft of the scenes.
Woohoo!
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