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Pfft, do I look like an organized writer to you But sure you can share some info. Dare I click on the link ?
Does it make sense and is there anything I need to work on or anything... I take criticism really well
Thanks Kitty about the palisade info! Your right, I don't want people thinking that Orcs are now building picket fences to keep out intruders
The spelling mistakes in the diary entries could go either way. On one hand it endears us a little more to Benjii, but then as a reader one thinks, oh look there, a spelling mistake. But then if you keep it consistent within all diary entries then the reader comes to accept it and even expect it. Perhaps you could even make some of them a little humorous. Depends on just how illiterate you want to make Benjii. Personally I think it's adorable... winks
Ok, I think I will keep the spelling errors. It was AS88's idea and I quite liked it. If I only have spelling issues through the diary entries, Im sure people will get the right idea.
I don't want him to be too illiterate but just a few words get the better of him
That would need the 18+ tag.meet me by the water cooler some time, or maybe the supply closet? wriggles eyebrows..
That would need the 18+ tag.meet me by the water cooler some time, or maybe the supply closet? wriggles eyebrows..
Pfft, do I look like an organized writer to you But sure you can share some info. Dare I click on the link ?
The link is safe, it goes to the Scrivener page. You can read all about it there, but I'll run down my favorite features for you. Since I have both Scrivener and Photoshop open anyway, I'll take some screenshots since they'll better explain what I'm talking about.
1. ORGANIZATION. SWEET, SWEET ORGANIZATION. Instead of having everything dumped all in one file and having to scroll through dozens (or sometimes hundreds) of pages to find something, you can have an endless amount of files in folders, in other folders, in other folders. An example of how I have my fanfic scenes and chapters nested:
So if I'm working on a scene in chapter 5 and I forgot the name of that one guard I'd mentioned back in chapter 2, instead of scrolling back and trying to find a needle in a haystack, I can go directly to the scene that guard was in. This also makes it super easy to rearrange your story; if I decided, for example, that the Ralof scene should go after the Healer scene, all I'd have to do is drag and drop right there in that file list.
2. Notes! There's a sidebar on every individual file and folder in which you can make all sorts of notes, ranging from chapter or scene summaries, tags, file status (e.g. first draft, finished), whatever other labels you want (e.g. whose POV a scene is in), and general notes.
I don't have scene summaries done for my fanfic, but this is what it would look like in the corkboard view—what I usually use for a quick glance at the structure of a chapter.
There's also a standard outline view, for those who prefer that.
And here's a look at how I utilize the notes section. I usually write down the date and time of the scene, what's going to happen in it, and after I've finished the first draft, any notes about what I need to add or change. (In other works I get a bit more detailed and even put in what part of the three-act structure each scene is, like the inciting event or act climax or whatever—so I can easily see where my big events are or what's missing that I need to add.)
3. Snapshots. See that little camera icon down beneath the document notes? That's another really awesome feature. It creates a copy of the file at any given time, so you can edit your little heart out, and if you later think, "Omg, what the hell did I do that for?" you can roll back to a previous copy... or just pull whatever bits you want out of the copy to put back into the scene! (This has been my saving grace many times, and another reason I hated using Word—once it's gone in Word, it's gone.)
4. Split screen! You can view and edit two files at once, have research open and easily accessible while working on a scene, or write with an image of a setting or a character right beside it. As someone who always envisions certain people as characters when I write or read, this is immensely useful to me. My screen normally looks like this when I write:
5. Other little things.
- You can set a target word count for each scene, and that target as well as your current word count will always show up right at the bottom of the current file.
- There's a fullscreen mode which will hide your taskbar and all other programs—great if you get easily distracted by Facebook or the whatnot.
- Typewriter scrolling: your cursor will always be center screen, so whatever you're currently writing will be in the perfect line of sight, instead of way down at the bottom of the page.
- Autosave! I have mine set to save every ten seconds without activity. If I pause to think, it saves. If I go get a drink, it saves. I never have to worry about losing unsaved work.
- You can export your entire draft at any time, into a number of file types, like a Word document or a PDF. Great for printing your work off to read and revise, sharing with friends, or sending to publishers.
SEE I TOLD YOU I COULD RAVE ABOUT SCRIVENER FOR HOURS.
Pfft, do I look like an organized writer to you But sure you can share some info. Dare I click on the link ?
The link is safe, it goes to the Scrivener page. You can read all about it there, but I'll run down my favorite features for you. Since I have both Scrivener and Photoshop open anyway, I'll take some screenshots since they'll better explain what I'm talking about.
1. ORGANIZATION. SWEET, SWEET ORGANIZATION. Instead of having everything dumped all in one file and having to scroll through dozens (or sometimes hundreds) of pages to find something, you can have an endless amount of files in folders, in other folders, in other folders. An example of how I have my fanfic scenes and chapters nested:
So if I'm working on a scene in chapter 5 and I forgot the name of that one guard I'd mentioned back in chapter 2, instead of scrolling back and trying to find a needle in a haystack, I can go directly to the scene that guard was in. This also makes it super easy to rearrange your story; if I decided, for example, that the Ralof scene should go after the Healer scene, all I'd have to do is drag and drop right there in that file list.
2. Notes! There's a sidebar on every individual file and folder in which you can make all sorts of notes, ranging from chapter or scene summaries, tags, file status (e.g. first draft, finished), whatever other labels you want (e.g. whose POV a scene is in), and general notes.
I don't have scene summaries done for my fanfic, but this is what it would look like in the corkboard view—what I usually use for a quick glance at the structure of a chapter.
There's also a standard outline view, for those who prefer that.
And here's a look at how I utilize the notes section. I usually write down the date and time of the scene, what's going to happen in it, and after I've finished the first draft, any notes about what I need to add or change. (In other works I get a bit more detailed and even put in what part of the three-act structure each scene is, like the inciting event or act climax or whatever—so I can easily see where my big events are or what's missing that I need to add.)
3. Snapshots. See that little camera icon down beneath the document notes? That's another really awesome feature. It creates a copy of the file at any given time, so you can edit your little heart out, and if you later think, "Omg, what the hell did I do that for?" you can roll back to a previous copy... or just pull whatever bits you want out of the copy to put back into the scene! (This has been my saving grace many times, and another reason I hated using Word—once it's gone in Word, it's gone.)
4. Split screen! You can view and edit two files at once, have research open and easily accessible while working on a scene, or write with an image of a setting or a character right beside it. As someone who always envisions certain people as characters when I write or read, this is immensely useful to me. My screen normally looks like this when I write:
5. Other little things.
- You can set a target word count for each scene, and that target as well as your current word count will always show up right at the bottom of the current file.
- There's a fullscreen mode which will hide your taskbar and all other programs—great if you get easily distracted by Facebook or the whatnot.
- Typewriter scrolling: your cursor will always be center screen, so whatever you're currently writing will be in the perfect line of sight, instead of way down at the bottom of the page.
- Autosave! I have mine set to save every ten seconds without activity. If I pause to think, it saves. If I go get a drink, it saves. I never have to worry about losing unsaved work.
- You can export your entire draft at any time, into a number of file types, like a Word document or a PDF. Great for printing your work off to read and revise, sharing with friends, or sending to publishers.
SEE I TOLD YOU I COULD RAVE ABOUT SCRIVENER FOR HOURS.
No joke man. You are literally my metaphorical JESUS! I have been looking for a software that does this for something as cheap as this for as long as I can remember, and you have literally saved my life. I worship thee!