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Killing the Earth
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July 11, 2021
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July 11, 2021
Evolution The trees did it long before us.
They polluted the air with toxic gas, devoured simple minerals and bound them up in complicated molecules that, after eons, rotted into vile tar and oil.
What’s the Structure? Robert Carlson created a summary chart of thirteen (13) story structure overviews.
Plotters versus Pantsers Plotters plan a story’s major events, then they write using that guide.
Something Broke
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April 28, 2021
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April 28, 2021
A week of intermittent attempts at JT-8 on my ham radio failed to make any contacts.
From Scrivener to WordPress [Blog]
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February 20, 2021
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February 20, 2021
Introduction WordPress’ WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) view is great for simple posts.
Learning Scrivener
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February 6, 2021
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February 6, 2021
What is Scrivener? Scrivener is a set of computer tools for organizing, writing, editing, and publishing predominantly “text” works.
All Metadata in Scrivener
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February 3, 2021
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February 3, 2021
Metadata describes or points to other data. In Scrivener, the metadata variable <$author> is the name for a project’s author.
Storylines in Scrivener
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January 27, 2021
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January 27, 2021
Introduction Over thousands of years, storytellers have learned two things about people: