E D Skinner
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Writing

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 …

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 …

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 …

All Metadata in Scrivener
Posts
2/3/21

Metadata describes or points to other data. In Scrivener, the metadata variable <$author> is the name for a …

Storylines in Scrivener
Posts
1/27/21

Introduction

Over thousands of years, storytellers have learned two things about people:

  1. They listen, read, or watch stories …
A Simple Book in Scrivener
Posts
12/31/20

A Simple Book

Let’s say we just want to create a simple book, nothing fancy, with Scrivener. We have three chapters …

Why Scrivener Isn’t WYSIWYG
Posts
12/28/20

There’s a Very Good Reason

I started re-reading “The Compile Format Designer” chapter in the Scrivener …

Goodbye WYSIWYG
Posts
12/27/20

What is WYSIWYG

If you know WYSIWYG, What You See Is What You Get, you’ll remember that it promised to put the same …

Life versus Writing
Posts
9/28/20

You may know these adages.

  • It’s what you do, not what you say.
  • Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
  • Seek and ye shall …
Tension and Growth
Posts
10/31/19

Somebody, somewhere must’ve said, “Life is Growth.”

While we’re alive, we experience change and we …