How I Use & Set Up Scrivener // Using ACOMAF as an example ✨

Join me as I break down my absolute favorite writing tool - Scrivener! I show you how to open a new file and the basics of setting up a fiction novel in this software. I love this program not only for the way it allows you to organize your work, keep it cohesive, and look beautiful, but also the cross-platform functionality.

Bonus - I use A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas as an example work, so if you've read that series, you'll be fully on board with this setup.

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IN THIS VIDEO
00:00 intro
01:43 scrivener 101
03:00 screenshare walk through
03:30 new project
06:42 ACOMAF example
09:03 switching views
10:13 full screen mode
11:25 character setups
14:52 place/location setups
16:48 organizing plotwork
21:02 scraps
22:23 any questions?

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[Selnatal]

Brilliant! This is the first tutorial of Scrivener that is as clear and orderly as I have ever seen. Thank you very much and I wish you lots of success in your career! Greetings from Switzerland.

[justjennylane]

By far the best video I've seen on Scrivener! THANK YOU!

[corinzi]

Love your channel! It's really helped me organize my writing process so far. Thanks so much!

[reginaldforthright]

Thanks you really explained this so well, can’t wait to try it out.

[twylaraeandersen]

I'm so glad I found your channel. Thanks so much for sharing this really helpful info and your writing process. I love it. I've been considering Scrivener, and now I know that I DEFINITELY need it to organize my many many MANY notes. LOL. I'll be following your channel from now on. Huge thumbs up!

[rejoice.greatgracetv.]

Thanks so much! Your video is great 🎉🙌

[lindaholbrook]

Loved the video. Would love to hear more about the plotting. And especially how the weaving works.

[erllive]

Weaving -- I need it! So smart. please follow up video on that :)

[Reneekelley]

You did great setting up Scrivener! I finally setup mine up too

[ArtofCodaleia]

So nice ! I love setting up Scrivener for a new project, this is always exciting !
I used to put everything in my template, even all the personalities types for characters, all the writing methods handsheets but I found that it was maybe weighting down the template for nothing. Meanwhile I discovered Notion so I decided to put all those stuff away on Notion so I can concentrate on the writing only in scrivener.
I would have a question though : How do you set up scrivener for the next phase after the 1st draft is over, all the corrections and editing ? Do you duplicate your 1st draft to back it up and work on a duplicated version for the 2nd draft ? How do you handle all the corrections, beta reading changes and editing ?
This makes me curious :)
Thank you for you channel !

[katlove]

Would you be willing to do a walk through of how you use InDesign & Vellum?

[hdhenderson]

I purchased Scrivener on 12/23/22. I’ve tried repeatedly to open the download. Each time it opens it’s unreadable.

[scarlettgarner]

How do you know when a plot would count as an action plot rather than a character plot? My MC is investigating a murder of her friend which is her plot but the murder ties into a global conflict - so would the conflict be the action plot?

[Reneekelley]

I love to connect when you do some Write with Me

[arturocdb]

thank I like your videos, can you share with me background music title, I loved, thank you so much, take care!...

[sallybennett]

Does anyone one out there does Scrivener using a PC - all these people doing videos are using Apple computers.