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Plan Your Writing Output with Pacemaker

September 6, 2020
by Bronwen On WritingTech SupportWriting Tools

I've written about Pacemaker before, but this will be a more comprehensive overview. There are more and more apps out there that help you track what you've already done. Where Pacemaker shines is that it helps you plan how much you need to/can wri ...

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Scrivener Tip: Nicer Section Break Spacing

August 5, 2020
by Bronwen Tech SupportWriting Tools

This is one of those things that drove me batty until I figured a way to fix it. Scrivener is amazing, even with its limitations. (Still waiting on Scrivener 3 for Windows... *sob*) Screenshots are for Scrivener 1 on Windows. When compiling ...

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Using Scrivener for NaNoWriMo: A quick & dirty guide for beginners

October 6, 2019
by Bronwen Tech SupportWriting Tools

So, you're going to attempt NaNoWriMo this year and you figure now is a great time to also try out Scrivener, cuz, hey, they have discounts and free trials this time of year. Sounds pretty sweet, huh? Then you open Scrivener and realize you have n ...

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Visual Novel Outlining in MS OneNote

August 21, 2019
by Bronwen Tech SupportWriting Tools

I may be a writer but I love using visual cues to organize my writing. I really like and have used index cards to arrange scenes and beats, but that usually requires physical items. I know you can have virtual index cars in Scrivener, but in Scrivene ...

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Pre-Order The Monster Novel Structure Workbook Now!

September 8, 2018
by Bronwen Monster Novel StructureOn WritingTech Support

It's finally here! THE MONSTER NOVEL STRUCTURE WORKBOOK is available for pre-order, releasing on September 15, 2018! Beta readers agree, this book will change the way you novel. “I feel like I've won the novel-writing lottery! For the first time ...

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Aeon Timeline 2: Tracking Frequency in the Relationship View Matrix

June 18, 2018
by Bronwen On WritingTech SupportWriting Tools

I've used all kinds of tools to track things across the length of a manuscript. I've used giant pieces of paper, spreadsheets, and meta-data. But I think I'm in love with this one: Aeon Timeline 2. First, let me explain what I'm tracking and why. ...

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How to Process an Edit Letter (with spreadsheets)

February 14, 2018
by Bronwen On WritingTech SupportWriting Tools

At some point in your writing career you're going to be given an edit letter. Edit letters are what a publisher, editor, agent, or even a critique partner or beta reader, give you in addition to any notes they've made on the manuscript itself. It's t ...

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Trigger Warnings, Big Data, and Building a Better Search Engine

December 15, 2017
by Bronwen MediaReadingTech Support

There's a lot of discussion these days about trigger warnings and how they should be handled. I don't have any triggers, but I know some wonderful people who do. (Just like racism and homophobia, being a jerk can be cured by getting to know people.) ...

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Scrivener and Story Genius (link to template)

July 15, 2017
by Bronwen Tech SupportWriting Tools

It's well established that Scrivener is a great tool for writers. You might not be aware of how well it integrates with other writing tools and systems. For this, there are Scrivener templates. A template is a collection of Binder items that are a ...

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Twitter Chats for 5 Different Writers, a diyMFA Guest Post

May 27, 2017
by Bronwen On WritingTech Support

I've got another guest post on diyMFA! This week it's about Twitter chats. #5onFri: Twitter Chats for 5 Different Writers Writing hashtags are hot right now. There are plenty of pages explaining them and what to look for, but who are these chats fo ...

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Backstory Hunting: Isolate and Count Highlighted Words in MS Word

April 14, 2017
by Bronwen Tech SupportWriting Tools

I recently went on a hunt for unnecessary backstory in my first 50 pages. Early backstory slows the pace right as readers are looking to dig into your story, not get bogged down with what already happened. Thanks to Margie Lawson and her EDITS sys ...

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Scrivener – Changing Index Card Summary Text Size

January 21, 2016
by Bronwen Tech Support

This has been driving me crazy for months: how do you change the size of text in Scrivener's Inspector? Today, Celal Öney provided the answer. He calls himself a Scrivener Expert, and he really does know his stuff. Control over the Inspector Turns ...

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#NaNoPrep: The Pacemaker

October 30, 2015
by Bronwen On WritingProgressTech Support

While checking out the competition browsing our neighbor regions I came across a link to The Pacemaker. It's a super nifty little words-per-day calculator. Set your target word total, designate when you'll be most and least productive, and voila! ...

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Scrivener Image Cards

October 22, 2015
by Bronwen GiselleTech Support

Scrivener does a lot of nifty things. I think most people are aware by now that it has a cork board/index card function. Each text file has an accompanying information card, where you can put things like a description of what the file contains. These ...

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Scrivener Color Coding Pt. 2: Icons

September 24, 2015
by Bronwen Tech Support

In Part One of this mini-series I shared how I use Label colors in Scrivener to show progress of my documents. This worked really well for me during UNCHURCHED, which is a single POV. My trouble began when I started work on GISELLE, which has two POV ...

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Scrivener Color Coding Pt. 1: Labels

September 22, 2015
by Bronwen Tech Support

A few months back, I shared this tweet: Trying a new approach to revising in @ScrivenerApp #amwriting #amrevising #amgettingdesperate pic.twitter.com/imd6SxggvZ — Bronwen Fleetwood (@bronniesway) April 13, 2015 It was retweeted by @Scrivenerap ...

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Solution: Scrivener files won’t open

May 8, 2015
by Bronwen Tech Support

I had a wee heart attack earlier this week when my Scrivener project wouldn't open on my laptop. I bounce between a Mac at work and a PC at home, using Dropbox to keep them synched, and up to now I hadn't had much of a problem doing so. I was having ...

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