Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Scrivener - learning curve and procrastination

As I've said before, I'm using 'Scrivener' for this current novel, having realised that with three strands of story and the need to interleave events taking place on different time lines, some more flexible way of working was needed.  The quickly re-aligned index cards, colour-coded, with date in the title, have been invaluable, especially once I'd learnt that it made sense initially to separate scenes.

I don't like - or haven't yet learnt - how to match the appearance of the main Scrivener page with what I get in my Word document.  Appearance, of the document on the page, is important insofar as I get distracted if it looks wrong.  So, I am writing in Word and then, at certain stages - when a mental pause is needed - re-uploading section by section.

Each card has the option of allocating a status to it.  Naming the status is up to me.  I have 'first draft', 'revised draft' and there is a default 'final draft'.  Something has so far prevented me from allocating 'final draft' to a single one of the sixty-eight cards already written.
 

2 comments:

  1. Ah, to be blessed with having that many words that need that many cards to keep track of! :-) It's wonderful, Sandra, and it makes me remember your showing me how to use it, way back there in Virginny. *sending warm vibes*

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    1. And oh that we were back there, Kristine, vibes now wrapping me.

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