Save time with Split Screen in Scrivener
I’m over at Writer Unboxed today spilling the beans on how to use Scrivener’s split screen feature—one of my favorites! Stop by to learn more, and feel free to leave a comment or question.
New Scrivener webinars
Exciting news! Over the next few months I’m launching a series of webinars to help you get better at Scrivener. Each one is designed to take you from confused to comfortable—or comfortable to super-user, if that’s more your speed—in about an hour. There’s no third-party group to join or give your information to; it’s just
New post at WU on Alternate Uses for Scrivener
Did you know you can use Scrivener for more than just writing a novel or memoir? I’ve highlighted a few ideas for you over at WriterUnboxed.com today, and there are more great suggestions in the comments. I hope you’ll stop by to check it out, ask a question, or share your own ways for using
Happy New Year!
Welcome to 2018! Looking back, 2017 had its ups and downs, but it was a pretty good year for me. I published Blindsided, and finished writing and revisions for Running Blind, created two new online courses for Scrivener 3, and gave my first international workshop in Canada. I got into journaling for keeping track of my
Making time to read
Despite all the detours I took getting here, I’ve wanted to be a writer since at least 7th grade. Maybe it’s because I was such a huge reader. Like bring-home-14-books-a-week-from-the-library-during-the-summer huge. Like never-not-reading-something huge. Like up-too-late-reading-under-the-covers-with-a-flashlight-on-a-school-night huge. (Who’s with me?) I was constantly immersed in stories, to the point that my friends made fun of my
Getting back to writing (and giving myself a pass)
I love writing. L-O-V-E it. The need to build a world, delve into a character’s feelings, create a mood, or explain a concept in a down-to-earth way (often with a bit of humor, and lots of em dashes and parentheses) has lived in me since at least seventh grade. But that doesn’t mean I always
Writing together makes us better
Anyone else a little busy right now? The only way I’ve been getting any writing done lately is to meet my friend Bria Quinlan at the library three days a week to write for several hours. Since we started, I’ve averaged more words per week than I have all year (even during NaNoWriMo). The concept