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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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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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Tools of the Trade

By On January 25, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Life, Writing Process

The new year always means one thing to me: systems. I love them. And I always get mocked for my, erm, color coding and obsessiveness. But having the right tool for the job makes it that much easier. The challenge is figuring out which system fits the situation.

When I was working at a tutoring [...]

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