How I Set Up Every Novel: A Scrivener Tutorial for Novelists

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@peterc2248 7 ай бұрын

I've been using Scrivener for years, mostly for work related writing and never used more than about 10% of its functionality. Now I've retired I'm getting into a number of writing projects from family history to poetry to short and long form story writing. This one video has made a world of difference - I'll never be a published writer but at least I'll be amore efficient one. Many thanks

@hhtahir 7 ай бұрын

I'm so glad to hear it helped you, Peter!! Good luck to you on all your future writing, and feel free to check out the poetry version for more short-form and poetry-specific tips! Here it is: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p72TdKR6mb7anJs.html

@Rescuedsoulart 17 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! I am brand spanking new to Scrivener and this really helped me! :D

@hhtahir 17 күн бұрын

Yay, glad it helped you! :)

@peterplantec7911 11 ай бұрын

Hiba, this is one of the best and most clear intros to Scrivener online. Thank you so much for taking the time to share. I’m kind of a Panser…but at my age it gets harder to keep track of everything. This will help.

@hhtahir 11 ай бұрын

Thank you, Peter! So glad to hear it was helpful!

@Tina-qn6pq 10 ай бұрын

She is so organized in her set up. I am a new to writing and this software seems more user friendly than FD.

@hhtahir 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’ve been wanting to try FD.

@miggseye Жыл бұрын

I love seeing this. Scrivener has always been a bit daunting for me. You made setting up a custom structure seem so easy. Thank you.

@hhtahir Жыл бұрын

Yay! Glad it helped you!

@vmaeder 4 ай бұрын

As a hardcore MS Word user, this video and your presentation convinced me to get Scrivner. Thank you for the professional presentation and for being so efficient.

@hhtahir 4 ай бұрын

I'm so glad to hear that, Vincent! I hope it serves you well-- feel free to come back with any troubleshooting needs!

@jjgavilano Жыл бұрын

Scrivener's the best!

@hhtahir Жыл бұрын

agreed!

@NicholasPackwood Ай бұрын

I'm only three minutes into this and am finding it fabulously useful. Thank you!

@hhtahir Ай бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@BenZeebar 3 ай бұрын

Extremely useful information. Thank you very much.

@hhtahir 3 ай бұрын

Glad you found it useful!

@davidpalmer1628 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely incredible amount of useful information and advice. Thank you so much!

@hhtahir 10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! You're so welcome!

@thisisadebrown 29 күн бұрын

Great ideas

@hhtahir 29 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@stevencrane1993 Жыл бұрын

This was great. I think it has helped me overcome my fear of the Scrivener program that I've left unused for a half a year. Off to try again.

@hhtahir Жыл бұрын

yay! Glad to hear it helped!

@CabeValion 9 ай бұрын

Extremely useful... thanks for this set up tutorial

@hhtahir 9 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! Glad to hear it helped!

@kfr8601 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for making this!!! I’m really excited to use some of these tools

@hhtahir Жыл бұрын

You're so welcome! Glad it was helpful!!

@user-fx8ee4mw6y Жыл бұрын

Thank you SO much. I'm new to Scrivener and found many very useful items in your video.

@hhtahir Жыл бұрын

Sure! Glad to hear it!

@Lupinicus1664 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting and I'm very impressed with your understanding of the Scrivener software. I think I would find it difficult to make full use of such a structured approach but I recognise the utility.

@hhtahir Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! I’ve used it to varying degrees of effectiveness for nearly a decade now, so I completely understand the hesitation. I think it’s important to find tools that work for you and your particular writing process, and to accept that they might change as your writing develops.

@93kingu 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. I was using Write It Now 5, but saw all the hype for Scrivener and plenty of videos. It seems to have a lot more features and I really like the "screen shot" so you don't loose material when editing. Thanks again, nice work! ***Edit...Darn it! I just saw the sales commission portion when I dropped down...just purchased Scrivener!***

@hhtahir 3 ай бұрын

I'm so glad it helped you! I hadn't heard of Write It Now, but it looks very similar to Scrivener? If you like the screenshot feature, check out my poetry and short fiction Scrivener tutorial for a few other tips & tricks (And no worries about the affiliate link!

@93kingu 3 ай бұрын

@@hhtahir Thanks, I will check out the poetry and short fiction tutorials. The "in software" tutorial is soooo long. I just skipped it and dove in. Took me forever (2 hours today) to even figure out how to start typing after my import (which was confusing due to the formatting being all centered lol). Now that my chapters are created and the 3 completed ones (drafts) are imported, I can set down to work. Thanks again!

@rogberube6422 Жыл бұрын

Very useful ideas. Thank you for sharing, Hiba. :)

@hhtahir Жыл бұрын

So glad you found them useful!!

@rogberube6422 3 ай бұрын

@@hhtahir I watched your video a second time, and I enjoyed it... a second time. 🙂

@amarantisima 6 ай бұрын

I don't know if anyone knows this, but you can use emojis as the icons for the folders and text in Scriveners (at least in Mac) Do as you would do to change the icon, but on the top of the drop down menu for the available icons, you can choose "Icon from text" and you can use any emoji.

@hhtahir 6 ай бұрын

I didn’t know that! Thanks for sharing!

@marklynn222 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing

@hhtahir Жыл бұрын

Sure!

@nickwgash3760 Жыл бұрын

Really good. Wonderful ideas. If you have a Plotting version that would be most interesting.❤

@hhtahir Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, and great suggestion! I’ll work on that soon!!

@hhtahir 10 ай бұрын

Done! Hope this helps! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/npacmspjvs2XooE.htmlsi=o8m_ham2An1RQrj2

@hackdeen8854 9 ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial! I've been using it for years but never to its full utility.

@hhtahir 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Happy to help!

@tollmart 10 ай бұрын

So helpful thank you so much for making this. Love from Bournemouth UK.

@hhtahir 10 ай бұрын

You're so welcome!

@tollmart 10 ай бұрын

@hhtahir I see Sofiya haven't posted is a few years has see stopped her channel? Thank you for replying. I'm a very new writer and your channel is so helpful.

@hhtahir 10 ай бұрын

You're right--- I only recently discovered her and didn't realize it's been so long since her last video. I've found her videos so useful. I hope she comes back. But I'm glad to hear my channel is helping you!!

@tollmart 10 ай бұрын

@hhtahir I've been trying to use scrivener on my PC. I'm 64 years old and my eyes are rubbish lol I've recently got myself a MacBook so I'll be getting scribner on there I'll make sure I use your link

@Dorito230 10 ай бұрын

Please do a video on plotting!

@hhtahir 10 ай бұрын

Done! Hope this helps! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/npacmspjvs2XooE.htmlsi=o8m_ham2An1RQrj2

@kiwifruitkl 10 ай бұрын

How you set up Scrivener reminds me of Abbie Emmons' set-up. But it's a bit different. Yours doesn't have the pre-write task list thingy at the top. Overall, it looks pretty similar. It may be useful to add some templates, like character templates, location templates and scene card templates.

@hhtahir 10 ай бұрын

Yes, I used Abbie's set-up when I started using Scrivener! That's why I mentioned her in the description. And I do mention some templates that I tend to add, though I use templates more often in poetry than in fiction.

@zakaryreilly 17 күн бұрын

This was extremely helpful! How can I save this as a template for new files?

@hhtahir 17 күн бұрын

Thank you!! They have a tutorial about that on the L&L blog. I haven’t tried it but give it a look and let me know if you need more help: www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/create-custom-templates-for-your-scrivener-projects

@zakaryreilly 17 күн бұрын

@@hhtahir it was extremely easy. I figured it out myself. You set it all up as you prefer and go to the file tab select 'save as template' about 2/3rds down the menu

@hhtahir 17 күн бұрын

@zakaryreilly awesome, thanks for sharing!!

@diannebdee 8 ай бұрын

I'm on Windows and am having a difficult time trying to use the keywords title. I can't get the metadata into the column in the editor. I did what you said and have created the information, it just won't let me put it in. Thanks for this tutorial. It was really helpful.

@hhtahir 7 ай бұрын

Not sure how it works in Windows… I hope you were able to figure it out! Happy to help if you weren’t, though.

@jesperjee Жыл бұрын

I don't get the step at 4:08 - Are you getting the same scene cards in these folders as in the first Acts folders? Or do you have them on scene cards viewing mode only in this folder so you don't have to switch between them? I'm not a regular Scrivener user. Seems harder to set up than the actual writing. lol Also I don't see when you Copy and Paste the templates. Do you have another window opened with them that we don't see in the video? Or is is a shortcut somehow?

@hhtahir Жыл бұрын

Oh no, I totally understand why that would be confusing without context. They're not the same. In the first section, they're the actual scenes within each act, so they form part of the draft when you compile the full manuscript. When I say "scene card" in the second section, I'm referring to Lisa Cron's use of scene cards in STORY GENIUS. They're basically just plotting notes for every scene, organized by act. As I draft each scene, I usually open scene cards in the toggle split so that I can see and reference the relevant scene card. You can also internally bookmark the relevant scene card for each scene so that it shows up in the inspector when you click on each scene in the draft. The initial set up is taxing, but ultimately very rewarding!

@hhtahir Жыл бұрын

And I'm copying and pasting the templates from another Scrivener file I didn't show. I started with a completely blank file here because I like customizing everything, but all the writing project templates will probably have the character and setting templates already pre-loaded in their templates folders.

@jesperjee Жыл бұрын

@@hhtahir Thank you! I am already dreading the day I get to, IF I get to, compile my manuscript as that is another beast altogether.

@Plamen0619 Жыл бұрын

How do you set the color for the 📄; I found S/thing called corkboard color has 3 settings. Thanks in advance

@hhtahir Жыл бұрын

I explored changing color/adding background images to the composition mode in the poetry version of this video. Hope this helps! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p72TdKR6mb7anJs.html

@calmit23 7 ай бұрын

i slowed it down but still its too quick lol..Total newbie

@hhtahir 7 ай бұрын

Sorry! Let me know if you have specific questions- I’ll see if I can help.

@theshisho 6 ай бұрын

I really don't want to be rude or anything, but I don't understand the purpose of this video if you just took everything from someone else's workflow and the default novel theme from scrivener but done manually instead of literally clicking one button and have everything set up. Why? 🤷🏾‍♂️ You like to waste time?

@hhtahir 6 ай бұрын

Lmaooo because “clicking one button” doesn’t give me my preferred set up... This is just me sharing my process, which is a compendium of numerous other KZfaqrs’ workflows 🤷🏻‍♀️

@theshisho 6 ай бұрын

@@hhtahir you can just start with the default setup for novel provided by scrivener. It's basically 90-95% the same as yours, I'm sure you're aware of it but don't want to admit or you like to waste time setting it up yourself. Anyway, other than that - enjoyable video 😉 I subscribe

@hhtahir 6 ай бұрын

@theshisho Nope. The default novel setup is actually a lot better than mine because it’s optimized for compiling the final product. I just copy and paste each section into a word document. It gives me another opportunity to edit. Maybe I do love wasting time lmao. Thanks!

@tandyhard8286 3 ай бұрын

Ya know for a tutorial, it'd probably be a good idea to slow tf down so people can follow what you're doing step by step. Lol thanks for trying though.

@hhtahir 3 ай бұрын

Genuinely curious to know which part was too fast for you?