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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:
A Simple Book in Scrivener
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December 31, 2020
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December 31, 2020
A Simple Book Let’s say we just want to create a simple book, nothing fancy, with Scrivener.
Why Scrivener Isn’t WYSIWYG
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December 28, 2020
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December 28, 2020
There’s a Very Good Reason I started re-reading “The Compile Format Designer” chapter in the Scrivener Manual (Scrivener, Help -> Scrivener Manual, chapter 24) today.
Goodbye WYSIWYG
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December 27, 2020
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December 27, 2020
What is WYSIWYG If you know WYSIWYG, What You See Is What You Get, you’ll remember that it promised to put the same thing on paper that you saw on the screen.
Life versus Writing
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September 28, 2020
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September 28, 2020
You may know these adages.
It’s what you do, not what you say.
A Man
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June 3, 2020
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June 3, 2020
Several decades ago, my employer moved us and several other families from Memphis to Phoenix.
The Problem with Social Media
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May 27, 2020
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May 27, 2020
Polarization With today’s “social media,” opinions and frustrations pull some people together while pushing others away.