Scrivener For Dummies

Making Complicated Writing Projects Simple

Whether established Hollywood script writer, amateur novelist or academic, few would deny that creating an extended writing project is challenging. But for serious writers, more generic word processing tools are simply no longer enough to manage the task in hand. As a result, use of Scrivener – a powerful content-generation tool that allows writers to concentrate on composing and structuring long, difficult documents - is growing.

However, it’s a complex tool and, in response, newly published Scrivener For Dummies is on-hand to provide expert advice and guidance to users to help them on the journey from their first, unformed ideas all the way through to the final draft.

The publication has been produced with the co-operation of Literature & Latte, the creators of Scrivener, and clearly explains to authors of novels, business and technical research papers, scripts and other long-form essays and articles, how to maximise Scrivener’s capability to collect research, order fragmented ideas, take notes and view research alongside their writing. It also enables users to compose pieces of text in isolation or in context.

Beginning with a general ‘Getting Started’ introduction, this guide takes writers on a step-by-step journey to help them customize and get the most out of their Scrivener experience , creating order from the messy, non-linear way that writers really work.

Finishing in traditional Dummies style with ‘The Part of Tens’ - covering ‘Ten Awesome Features That Didn’t Fit Anywhere Else’ and ‘Ten Ways to Get More Help’ – this is the ideal companion for new and inexperienced users who need support to exploit Scrivener to its full potential.

 Scrivener For Dummies by Gwen Hernandez is available now in paperback and e-book for £16.99