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Power Up Your Writing Process with Scrivener (Windows version)
Getting Started
Welcome to the Course! (1:11)
7 Scrivener Secrets
Preliminaries
Housekeeping (3:37)
SECTION 1: Getting the look and feel right
Distraction free writing (6:41)
Customizing the toolbar (4:33)
Labels and Colors (6:56)
Custom Icons (5:17)
Summary Sheet - Scrivener Look and Feel
SECTION 2: It's just an idea
Keeping your story ideas organized (8:46)
Saving Ideas to the Scratch Pad (8:55)
SECTION 3: Before the writing begins
Bringing an existing project into Scrivener (9:03)
Setting up a project template (10:59)
Creating character templates (6:24)
Summary Sheet - Templates
Creating your book file (4:29)
Navigation tips (5:20)
Working with your characters - Part 1 (Name generator, using images, organization) (7:57)
Working with your characters - Part 2 (Using the synopsis, notes, keywords, meta-data fields, and links) (10:25)
Summary Sheet - Working with your characters
Outlining (7:17)
SECTION 4: Research
Research - overview and unusual files (6:17)
Research - web pages, references, and links (8:57)
Summary Sheet - Research
Evernote (4:36)
SECTION 5: Targets
Targets (9:31)
SECTION 6: As you're writing
Writing Tips - Part 1 (Spelling and grammar, substitutions, comments, project and document notes, snapshots) (8:42)
Writing Tips - Part 2 (Looking up a word, scrivenings for a scrolling view, assigning labels/statuses to multiple documents at once, how to tell from the binder if you've already worked in a scene) (5:53)
Summary Sheet - Writing Tips
SECTION 7: Keeping track of arcs, location, time of day, and other details
Using Keywords (10:18)
Using custom meta-data fields (8:49)
SECTION 8: Collections and searches
Gathering similar items into a collection (5:52)
The power of search (7:18)
Saving a search as a collection (5:09)
SECTION 9: Revisions
Revisions - status tracking, comment colors, project notes, favorites, locking the editor (9:00)
Track changes - snapshots, importing document comments, working with Word's Track Changes (9:24)
SECTION 10: Compile
Compile - A brief overview of choosing content and formatting (9:12)
SECTION 11: Series Bible
Creating a Series Bible (8:32)
Downloadable Series Bible Template
Wrap-Up
Thank you! (1:14)
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Using custom meta-data fields
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