In the last episode, Josh, Scott, and Chuck talked about how they used Scrivener's most basic features to simply write their stories.

This week, Matt Herron joins the conversation to show off some of the program's next-level features and talk about the differences between the Mac and PC versions.

[00:00] Opening remarks—we hit 1,000 subscribers!

[05:33] Weekly update—Central Time Edition

Josh: Finishing up Tranquility #2, workshopped another book of Devon Ford’s. Reading Sphere by Michael Crichton and the new Star Wars: Thrawn book.

Matt: Outlining two full books now. 1. A new space opera series (book 2 in work) and 2. Book 4 in The Gunn Files series.

Scott: Working on Victory Day (They Came for Blood #3), Expeditionaries War (Brothers in Arms) and personal project.

[15:26] Sponsor: J. Clifton Slater’s Muted Implications (Clay Warrior Book 12)

[17:45] Main Event—How to Scrivener with Matt Herron!

-Section breaks

-Scrivener 2 v. 3 compile capability (advice: focus on organizing, drafting, and writing, not compiling)

-Scrivener 3 for Windows broke 2020?

-Give the Scrivener 3 for Windows BETA a try if you’re daring…

-Ways to use labels in Scrivener 3.

-Noodling with index cards.

-Timelines!

-Use of the Writing History.

-Cleaning up quotes vs. smart quotes.

-Linguistic Focus!

-Using the Meta Data pane to add custom meta data to do things like tracking plot threads.

-How you set up the Editor can be different than how you Compile.

-Using a view to look as though you’re writing a book.

-Snapshots to preserve a scene state and compare scenes.

-Revision mode.

-God Mode: Cmd+shift and snapshot whole document.

-How to deal with word document coming back from the editor (Most writers do not come back to Scrivener at this point).

-Split Screen Mode.

-Notes and comments.

[1:06:23] Closing remarks

Coffee and Concepts

Writer’s Journey

Storytelling

 

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