Taming Scrivener
Date:
With:
Alison Stuart
Rating:
ALL
Summary:
In this hands-on workshop, award-winning author Alison Stuart, will walk participants through the major components of the Scrivener interface and, using live demonstration, guide them from starting a new project through to compiling a project to a manuscript format in Word.
Details
You will learn:
- Understanding Scrivener: Opening a Project/ Introduction to the Scrivener interface/
- The Binder: Setting up your project/ Importing files/ Folders and binders/ Character and Setting templates/ Organising your Research
- The Editor: Writing your best seller/ Corkboard/Synopsis
- The Inspector: Compiling into a Word document for further editing
- Introduction to some bells and whistles such as labels and colours/ project targets.
By the end of the workshop the participants will have a basic working knowledge of the main tools Scrivener has to offer and the confidence to use and adapt the program for your next bestseller.
Note for Participants: You will be expected to bring your own computer to the workshop preloaded with Scrivener and ready to go! The workshop will focus on the latest version of Scrivener (V3 for Mac) but can accommodate Scrivener for Windows. It will not touch on Scrivener for IOS. At the conclusion of the workshop, every participant will be given access to downloadable step by step guides (and videos) covering the subject matter of the workshop.
About Alison Stuart
Alison Stuart has written most of her eight published historical novels using Scrivener and is currently working on two major book series (for Harlequin MIRA and Berkley publishing), a feat she could not manage without Scrivener! In between writing books, Alison teaches Scrivener for beginners in face to face workshops and online. She lives in Melbourne, Australia and at different times in her life has lived in Africa and Singapore. Her soldier heroes may come from her long and varied career as a lawyer in the military and fire services.