Writing Craft
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.
Central Phoenix Writers Workshop
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April 7, 2019
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April 7, 2019
Several times a week, the Central Phoenix Writers Workshop meets to critique and commiserate.
Rules o’ Ritin’
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January 28, 2019
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January 28, 2019
There’s lots of them, of course: punctuation, word choice, active versus passive voice…
NaNoWriMo Approacheth
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October 12, 2017
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October 12, 2017
Since 1999, this annual event has helped motivate authors, including lots of wannabes like myself, complete book-length 50,000 word pieces in the month of November.
Adverb’s Disease
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September 22, 2016
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September 22, 2016
My writing is afflicted with a horrible disease.
Adverb’s Disease shows as weak little words attached to verbs.