E D Skinner

Fiction, facts, and philosophy

Tutorial

SSH Notes
Posts
7/21/23
Brief notes about SSH
Scrivener Smart Finder on Mac
Posts
7/13/23
Shortcuts in Mac’s Finder can avoid time-consuming searches
The Antagonist’s Plan
Posts
11/3/22

Stories are usually focused on one character called the protagonist. Readers see through their eyes, experience their emotions, and thereby escape their problems for a little while. Such is the attraction of good fiction.

Things That Go Bump in the Night
Posts
3/10/22

There are two versions of this document. Both contain the same technical descriptions.

Interactive Fiction with Twine
Posts
2/23/22

Twine is an editor and converter for IF, Interactive Fiction. Writers use it to create the kind that is text-based as opposed to animated.

Which Template?
Posts
9/4/21

When a new idea gets my juices flowing, I want to write it down before it gets away. If I’m at my notebook computer, a new Scrivener project is ideal.

Labels, Labels, and Labels in Scrivener
Posts
7/29/21

If it’s in the Binder, you can assign it a label, but only one label. That seems rather limiting, don’t you think? Well, yes and no. Let’s explore a little bit.

Designing for Writing (Plottr then Scrivener)
Posts
5/14/21

Plotters versus Pantsers

Plotters plan a story’s major events, then they write using that guide. (Pantsers, on the other hand, simply jump right in to the writing and “see where it goes.”)

From Scrivener to WordPress [Blog]
Posts
2/20/21

Introduction

WordPress’ WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) view is great for simple posts. With it, I can dash off a few paragraphs, throw in an image or two, emphasize some words and bold-face others, and hit Publish. Voila, I’ve posted my opinion!

Learning Scrivener
Posts
2/6/21
(Revised: 4/29/24)

What is Scrivener?

Scrivener is a set of computer tools for organizing, writing, editing, and publishing predominantly “text” works.