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Creating Custom Scrivener Templates

Guest Blogger — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 12:02:39 +0000

Scrivener expert Gwen Hernandez explains exactly how to customize Scrivener with the template you need for what you write!

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Scrivener’s Forgotten View: The Outline

Guest Blogger — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 11:01:19 +0000

Gwen Hernandez Scrivener has three “group view” modes: Scrivenings, Corkboard, and Outline. Group view modes only have something to display if you’ve selected a folder, or a group of files in the Binder. Hence, the group part. Scrivenings (multiple document view) and Corkboard (synopsis/index card view) get the most attention, but Outline view is pretty […]

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Protect Your Writing with Scrivener Backups

Guest Blogger — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 11:01:07 +0000

Scrivener expert, Gwen Hernandez, explains Scrivener backups, step by step. For all level of users, on a Mac or PC.

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Scrivener Split-Screen Magic

Guest Blogger — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 11:02:28 +0000

By Gwen Hernandez Many Scrivener users aren’t familiar with the split screen feature, and if they are, they don’t realize its potential. Introducing Split Screen The Split Screen feature allows you to, well, split your screen. You can divide the single Editor pane into two panes, either horizontally or vertically. Here are a few ways […]

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Keeping Track of Everything in Scrivener with Metadata

Guest Blogger — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 12:01:19 +0000

Gwen Hernandez One of the great things about Scrivener is that it allows you to divide up your work into scene - or chapter-sized “chunks” (usually documents). This means you can tag those documents to keep track of just about anything you want. What would you like to be able to track about your documents […]

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3 Ways to Search in Scrivener 3

Guest Blogger — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 11:02:29 +0000

Gwen Hernandez In a perfect world, you’d remember every detail about your manuscript, and have a thorough book or series bible to back you up. In reality—if you’re anything like me—you’ve rewritten some scenes so many times you can’t remember which version of it you kept (did I mention the sister or leave her out?), […]

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Save Every Word with Scrivener's Snapshots Feature

Guest Blogger — Fri, 18 May 2018 11:00:22 +0000

Gwen Hernandez A lot of the scenes I write get deleted or gutted, but that doesn't mean I want to lose my original words. Because of my crazy writing process, I have to lay down a lot of words before I find the core of my story. Which means I often go back to old scenes […]

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Scrivener's Upgrade - Exciting New Features

Guest Blogger — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 12:01:47 +0000

Gwen Hernandez Hi, everyone! I'm excited to be joining WITS as a regular contributor to discuss the popular writing program, Scrivener. (For more on what Scrivener is and some of my past favorite features, check out this post I did for WITS in 2014.) In November, the Scrivener developers released version 3 for Mac, and the version […]

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Top 10 Scrivener Features for Writers

Guest Blogger — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:01:00 +0000

Gwen Hernandez Scrivener understands my writing needs in a way that other word processors never have. Here are 10 reasons why I threw over the old standbys. 1. Scrivener remembers your spot. Every time you open a project in Scrivener, it takes you right to where you left off. Maybe not such a big deal when […]

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Write Your Own Happy Ending with Scrivener

Guest Blogger — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 11:00:25 +0000

Gwen Hernandez A few years ago, I ended a 15-year marriage to Microsoft Word and hooked up with a younger, sexier writing program: Scrivener. My graduate thesis took the shine off my romance with Word, but it was my foray into fiction that finally killed the relationship. That’s because Scrivener understands my needs in a […]

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