![]() ![]() Scrivener’s built-in editor feels like a word processor. To have a book, you need to get some writing done. Of course, before you can slice and dice all of these scenes, they have to exist first. Scrivener’s full-screen composition mode is one way to focus on your text. You can use this to read just one plotline consecutively, even if in your work it appears interweaved among other locations and happenings. ![]() This is a great way to zoom out again into the broader context of your book or manual. Once you find a collection of documents (chapters, scenes), you can either read them one by one, or-cooler still-select them all and view them as one long stream of text, as if they were all a single document. ![]() That’s something you just can’t do with a bunch of text files in a folder. Additionally, Scrivener has a keyword feature which lets you build up your own custom hierarchy of keywords-for example, all character names in your book, or even by the mood of the scene.Ĭombined, all of these attributes let you perform fine-grained searches: Find all the “second draft” scenes that have both Hodor and Bran that take place outdoors. Each document in your project can have a status (first draft, revised draft, done, etc.) as well as a label (concept, chapter, and more). Synopsis cards are not the only way to mark your text. Metadata, such as labels at statuses, can help you sort out a large body of work and see where everything stands. It’s the same concept-taking a sweeping look at your text to see how it all goes together, rearranging the parts as needed. If you’re more into traditional outlining software, you’ll like the outliner mode better. ![]()
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