Take Control of Scrivener 3

by Kirk McElhearn

Create and organize writing projects with ease using Scrivener 3!Version 1.1.1, updated June 4, 2021

Compose a masterpiece with Literature & Latte's Scrivener. Whether you're writing science fiction, a historical novel, or a zombie travelogue, learn how Scrivener's powerful tools can take your work to the next level. Kirk McElhearn shows you how to collect notes, organize your work, arrange and rearrange sections, and more. Covers Mac, Windows, and iOS/iPadOS versions!

Scrivener is a powerful tool for managing long-form writing projects—like novels and screenplays—and Take Control of Scrivener 3 gives you all the details you need to know to harness its potential. In this book, best-selling author Kirk McElhearn walks you through setting up, organizing, writing, formatting, revising, and compiling a Scrivener project, whether you’re working on a Mac, a Windows PC, or in iOS/iPadOS.

Using this extensive guide, you’ll be able

Meet Learn about the Scrivener philosophy and its basic layoutStart your Pick a template and add existing materials to your projectBrainstorm and Discover three different ways to work with your material using the Binder, Corkboard, and Outliner.Set up your writing environment and avoid Choose default fonts and colors, opt for Script Mode if you’re writing a script or screenplay, and simplify your workspace by hiding interface elements or by using Composition Mode or Full Screen Mode.Make the most of key Learn how to work with styles; use annotations and comments; add footnotes and endnotes; view more than one file at once; use collections to view selected items from the Binder; store bookmarks and project notes; and share and synchronize your project with others.Go further with Get the details on special features like Scrivenings View (write in sections, but view as a single document) and Snapshots (allows you to make and view periodic backups of your text).Revise and edit your Learn how to find and replace text, and work with revisions.Use Scrivener in iOS and Sync your projects to iOS/iPadOS and work on an iPhone or iPad.Print and Understand the process of preparing your project to be printed, and what’s involved in compiling it so that it can be exported in a different format.Kirk also highlights the many changes to Scrivener since the last version (see the What's New section below), including updates to the interface, styles, outlining and metadata capabilities, and improved searching and writing features. In addition, he explains brand-new features in Scrivener 3, including Bookmarks (lets you store references to other sections of your project), Linguistic Focus (Mac only—highlights specific elements such as dialog, adverbs, or adjectives), Section types (such as Chapter Text and Scene), and Copyholders (allows you to view three or four documents at once).

237 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 29, 2021

About the author

Kirk McElhearn is a writer, podcaster, and photographer, who has written about Apple products and software for more than twenty years. Kirk has written more than two dozen books, including Take Control books about Apple's Media Apps for Mac, Scrivener, and Audio Hijack. A lapsed New Yorker, he lives near Stratford-Upon-Avon, England.