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Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts

Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Scrivener: Snapshots and Setting Targets

For those of you who don't know, Scrivener is a word processor that offers great tools and easy organization for some of the really messy bits of novel writing. I'm sure it's perfect for other writing, but as I've only used it for writing novels, that's all I know.

A couple weeks ago, Erin Bowman did a piece on Scrivener's outlining features. Though while I add flourishes like articles, document, and pictures to mine, I happen to use the corkboard in much the same way as she does. I recommend you hop on over and watch her video, you just might find it helpful.

Now, let me tell you about what are presently two of my favourite Scrivener features: Snapshots and Setting Targets.

Friday, 16 July 2010

Kindle

So, I got an Amazon Kindle. I didn't buy it myself, my dad somehow got it for free and now (1) since he hadn't been using it much, (2) he knows I would use it a lot and (3) he's been drooling over the iPad like a St Bernard at a butchers... it's mine! Yeah, it's not in colour like the iPad, but I only charge my Kindle like once a month and I use is all the time. So, this post is dedicated to my Kindle and the following entries will be the books that I've read on them.
1. Lies by Michael Grant
2. Shiver and Linger by Maggie Stiefvater

I'll start with my biggest gripe. Just get it out of the way and move on to how awesome it is. My gripe: