Usually, my mind moves too fast for my pen to keep up with, which is why I prefer to type. I’ve been working on my handwriting for the past five years or so, and they remind me to slow down and think. They are half calligraphy brush, half felt pen, and they write with such ease and grace! And they come in fabulous colors. My absolute favorite pens in the world right now are called “Fude makase” by Pilot. The book wasn’t ready for that kind of analysis. I haven’t actually applied it to writing much because I mostly type, but I did buy some gel pens in different colors and started outlining the goal-motivation-conflicts of my peoples in The Djini and Ms. No! Pen freaks and writing seem to go hand-in-hand. What writing tools, applications, or programs can you not live without?
Who’d have thought, with all of the technology available to us, I’d find something so simple and - well, untechnological - to be what I can’t live without. It reminds me about whom I’m writing the story. Currently, 3P is the only thing with anything of substance in it, but any time I brainstorm something for one of the other books, it goes in its respective binder.Īs you can see, the binders are color-coded and I include a picture of the primary protagonist on the front. I have three binders right now - one for 3P, one for Guy and Catie’s story, and one for Isabelle and James’s story. The binder acts as my to-do list, because I sort its contents based on what I have to write, to EDIT, to make changes to in Scrivener, and what’s done. I have a 3-ring pouch in the binder, as well, to hold my highlighters and pens. The binder is divided into sections and it allows me to keep track of everything. It’s what keeps all my printed chapters, notes, edits, “In This Scene” pages, and highlighters/pens together. However, the one thing I don’t think I could do without is a 3-ring binder. And now that I’ve adopted Margie Lawson’s EDITS system, I cannot live without my highlighters and multi-colored pens. I will also never use anything but Scrivener to write a book (but I’ve expounded on that before in my personal blog).ĭropbox is indispensable for sharing work between the other Eight Ladies. That’s not to say I haven’t adopted some technologies: I love Scapple and use that to brainstorm and organize (it was especially helpful when I had to do a flow-chart for 3P…it ended up being 15 individual 8.5 x 11 sheets of paper when I printed it out…there’s no limit to how big Scapple can scale). I do a much better job reading, editing, and brainstorming on paper (or a whiteboard) than I do on-screen. I started and ended my corporate career as a tech writer and I’ve always been in love with the written word…that’s written on paper, not written on the screen. I endeavored to be a tree-lover and try to go paperless, but that’s not how I operate. The net-net of all of this experimentation is (finally! After two years!!) a workable system for me to write my books. There are plenty of non-technical tools I’ve used as well: (tons of iPad/iPhone apps, but I won’t bore you with the list).I tried to use this to keep my scenes straight, then realized Scriv did the same thing.
Aeon timeline 64 bit update#
The most recent update is frustrating to use for a multitude of reasons, the least of which is I can’t export to or open. Scapple - a free-form “whiteboarding” or brainstorming program (made by the Scrivener folks).Aeon Timeline - a timeline program that syncs with Scrivener.
Aeon timeline 64 bit pdf#
PDF Pen - a way to edit a PDF document (without paying hundreds for full-blown Acrobat).Dropbox - storage/sharing of drafts, pictures, notes, or anything else.Perhaps if it did automatic links to previous pages and an automatic TOC, I’d find it more useable. The process of creating/keeping track of pages was too much for me. Voodoo Pad - a free-form wiki for note taking, brainstorming, list making, or whatever tickles your fancy.Things - supposedly a glorified “to do” list, but it was too complex for my simple brain…and too depressing, once I put my estimations in there and realized I wouldn’t finish my book until 2017.Scrivener - the primary program I use to write my book.to keep me organized, brainstorm, etc., including, but not limited to : In those years, I’ve tried a plethora of tools/strategies/etc. I’ve been writing Three Proposals for two years.
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