In the Places section in the Binder, drag and drop the floor plan image into Scrivener. Here’s another cheat, this time for setting: Floor plans. A quick Google search will produce many options. For example, in my current novel in progress, much of my characters’ time is spent in a workplace, but sometimes I stop to wonder if I placed the kitchen over here or there. Warning: This can be a fun, but not productive time suck. Then, when you need to remind yourself of physical features or how you envisioned them, you can go to the Characters section of Scrivener. It’s supposed to be a cheat, so find an image quickly. I don’t use the images literally, but as a general guide to the tone and feel of a character. It’s helpful to know your character before you write so that you’ll know how they’ll respond in certain situations and to keep your character consistent throughout the draft.īecause I’m a visual person (and a pop culture junkie), I often cheat by finding photos of actors and models to represent my characters. If you have time, I encourage you to fill out the character profiles before you begin writing in earnest. Speaking of focus, you’ll only need to pay attention to the red rectangle part of the Scrivener screen for the rest of this post: But here are a couple of ways I use Scrivener to help me during the hours that I need to be writing instead of screwing around on the interwebs. But I won’t go into detail here because the whole point of NaNoWriMo is to focus on the writing.
There are all sorts of fun things you can do in Scrivener. When you’re finished, click OK.īased on the writing days you chose, Scrivener will automatically calculate the number of words that you need to hit per writing day (the Session Target) to meet your goal of 50k by November 30.*
Decide whether or not you want to allow writing on the day of your deadline and if you want notifications. Then, click the Automatically calculate from draft deadline checkbox and pick your writing days under the Session Target section. In the Draft Target section, click the Deadline checkbox. You won’t be compiling anything at this stage, so you can leave them as is. The first two checkboxes will be pre-checked. Then, click Apply (the Edit button text will change to Apply after you enter your word count).Īfter you’ve entered your word count, click the Options… button below the Session Target section to add your deadline: You’ll see the following dialogue box. In the Manuscript Target section, click the Edit button to change the word count from zero to the NaNoWriMo target of 50k words. Now it’s time to set your Manuscript Target (word count) and Session Target (deadline).
#Trial of the scrivener for mac#
Note: These are instructions for Mac users, but PC users can follow the same general steps. Presumably, you’re writing fiction so pick Fiction > Novel (to keep things simple). That’s why word count is a good motivator for me and others. If I just went by time, I’d get maybe 100 words written. I don’t do well with sitting down to write at a specific time.
Not easy, especially if you have, oh, a life outside of writing. NaNoWriMo comes with built-in targets: 50k words by November 30.
#Trial of the scrivener software#
Once you’ve downloaded the software and are ready to go, come back here… Ready? Okay! Targets
#Trial of the scrivener trial#
Scrivener offers a free, extended trial version during NaNoWriMo that won’t expire until December 7, with discounts for participants.
Here’s my quick and dirty guide to getting your Scrivener on during NaNoWriMo or any other time you find yourself up against a deadline. But if you’re just getting started, it can be overwhelming. There are many fantastic features in Scrivener, such as the satisfying ding! that notifies you when you’ve reached your word count for the day and the snazzy character profile board that makes you feel like you’re working a big FBI sting in a back room somewhere. If there’s a time for writer organization, it’s National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo, which begins November 1. When I wandered into the tea shop to meet my Novel Incubator mentee, Kelly Robertson, she had her laptop open and I saw a fun corkboard with lots of colored tabs. I came to Scrivener the way I come to a lot of things: Oh.
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