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Tools of the Trade 3

By On February 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Tech, Writing Process

Recently I posted about outlining in Scrivener and using color coding to track plot lines. Elsewhere on the Internet, a couple of VCFA alumni were chatting about making timelines — could this be done in Scrivener? If not, what tools did people use?

Varian Johnson had a [...]

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Pinterest

By On January 30, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Tech

Although I always swear I’m not going to join another social network, I have to admit, I’m pretty fascinated by Pinterest. First, there’s the gender thing — it’s about 80% female. Why, when Tumblr isn’t so skewed, and Pinterest shares the highly visual interface with easy reblogging?

Is it the name? Does [...]

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Tools of the Trade 2

By On January 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Tech, Writing Process

Last time I posted about my daily planning tools. In the past, I’ve also written about the awesomeness that is Scrivener. Here’s why I love it as an outlining tool:

Yes — note cards, again. And colored ones at that.

Each note card contains a scene summary and [...]

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