Today I’m going to talk about a little thing that annoyed me for a while when I was learning how to use Scrivener. I had trouble finding other help articles online for this, so here you go! The problem, in short, comes when I copy text from Microsoft Word. No matter how little I copy,… Continue reading How to Change Indents and Line Length in Scrivener
Category: Website and Software Reviews/How To’s
New to Critique Circle? Top Five Tips
Whether you’ve just joined the site or if you’re just looking for ways to make your experience even better, here are the things that have given me the best results. If you’re very new to the site or if you haven’t even decided whether to join yet, check out my earlier review here! 5. Fill… Continue reading New to Critique Circle? Top Five Tips
Word Counts and Progress Tracking in Scrivener
One of the features I use the most in Scrivener is the word count functionality. Sure, Microsoft Word and Google Docs will both tell you how many words are in your document, but Scrivener really takes it to another level. I’m going to be showing off my favorites and giving suggestions for how you can… Continue reading Word Counts and Progress Tracking in Scrivener
My First Time Using Goodreads
That’s right, I’m a lover of books who practically lives on the internet, and I’ve never had a Goodreads account until now. It’s not that I’ve been unaware of it, but I honestly heard about LibraryThing first and have been so happy with the site that I haven’t seen a need for it. Now I’m… Continue reading My First Time Using Goodreads
An Overview of The StoryGraph
The StoryGraph is a website for readers that lets you keep track of books you’ve read and give recommendations for what you might want to read next. I use it mainly for the recommendations, but there are other features like graphs, reviews and content warnings, and the ability to follow other users and see what… Continue reading An Overview of The StoryGraph
An Overview of LibraryThing
I created a LibraryThing account over ten years ago, and I’ve been using it consistently ever since. I use it to keep track of the books I own, the books I’ve read, and the books that I would like to read. I’ve posted reviews and chatted about books with other users in the forums. I’ve… Continue reading An Overview of LibraryThing
Critique Circle’s New Profile Page
I wrote about Critique Circle a few weeks ago and just wanted to write a quick update to mention that I’m enjoying the recent updates to the profile page. My old profile had a lot of blank white space at the top, as well as a little icon meant to represent gender, which, in my… Continue reading Critique Circle’s New Profile Page
How I Use Scrivener for Novel Writing
I’ve used a few different types of writing software over the years. The first program I used was simply the only option available to me at the time: Microsoft Word. It was the early 2000’s, and my family had one desktop computer and no internet access. Microsoft Word was the program I’d been taught to… Continue reading How I Use Scrivener for Novel Writing
Critique Circle: The Benefits and Drawbacks
Critique Circle is a website that gives writers an opportunity to get critiques on their work in exchange for giving other writers critiques on their work. It is free to use, but it also has a premium option that you can pay for in order to unlock special features. How does it work? In a… Continue reading Critique Circle: The Benefits and Drawbacks
Shannon Fallon 