Love the puns from Pun Hub
Start your game in an office setting, having the players do mundane tasks and occasionally imply the plot hook will come soon...see how long it takes them to realize that you’re not gonna introduce the hook
Someone made a tiny window into Rivendell that you can put on your bookshelf!
And the tiny book inside it is written in tengwar… I’m dying
I mean look at this!
Anonymous asked:
Do you use any digital tools like Scribner or any other stuff like that for writing? Do you have any recommendations for writing tools?
word-nerds-united answered:
I use Scriver!
Scriver is a really good tool, I highly recommend it. It was recommended to my by my Creative Writing Professor who also happens to be a novelist.
So as you can see here when you want to start a new project, it comes with some custom formats, with the biggest part being a compile option that automatically formats your project into a manuscript! Which is pretty cool if you don’t know how to do that.
Or you can start blank and just format away.
Features (With Screenshots)
1. Internal Tagging System
So in this case it’s called keywords, but essentially you can add keywords to every “section.” This works just like a hashtag system and can help you organize yourself. And it’s color coded! Double cool!
2. Section Organization and Folders
So if you’re someone who wants to keep all your content mega organized, this is a system I definitely recommend. This project is called Lexicon and is organized in movements, and I can create many folders and nesting folders. Everything that is under manuscript is what gets put into the manuscript, and anything exterior to that folder doesn’t (like the trash section).
3. Bulletin Board
Okay, so this bulletin board is another form of organization. But there are a lot of pieces to it so lemme explain.
Labels: Those colors in the corner all signify something. There are default ones that say “Character” “Location” and things like that, or you can set up custom ones. (Mine are if it’s the lexicon of words, a long poem, or a short poem)
Status: So as you can see, I have one that says “Peer Editing Needed” and “Third Look.” Again, this helps you remember where you left of with a section of your work. There are default ones “First draft, second draft, etc” but also you can add custom ones like I did.
The Notecard: The notecard is editable and you can add a short summary of what that section contains, which can help save you time when trying to find where you left off.
4. Comments and Footnotes
If you want to do some good old fashion editing, you can make comments and footnotes to help you keep track. Footnotes make it into the manuscript I think, but comments don’t. As a poet, this really helps because sometimes I don’t have an explanation why I don’t like something anymore so my comments end up looking like this so I remember what I hate and don’t hate about a poem.
OTHER THINGS
- An internal search bar. You don’t need to use keywords for this. If you’re looking for a certain section of your novel you can search here. This is nice because when I use word, My files have got to sort through everything, vs just everything in this document
- Internal name generator that you can add names to. In another post I posted about going through every language ever and picking out which ones could pass as names, I put ALL Of those in my Scrivner.
- Duel screens. Want to look at two different sections at the same time? You can do that here!
- Full screen mode to cut out all the distractions from the software. V good.
There is honestly so much more to this than I’m giving credit for, because it’s just so in-depth that I haven’t explored all of it.
The best part about it is that it’s so customizable.
I also use it to keep track of my dungeons and dragons campaign notes because I am a very story heavy DM. So that Scrivner binder looks like this
I just love that it’s all internal, and that everything is so neatly organized. There are also internal tutorials to really master it.
IT IS A PAID SOFTWARE
https://www.literatureandlatte.com/store/scrivener?tab=macOS
Here is where you can buy it. You can also do the free trial! And if you’re a student you can get like a 9$ discount. Undiscounted it’s 50$ which does seem like a lot of money and I know that not everyone can afford that. BUT, it is not a subscription, unlike Microsoft, and it’s completely divorced from the internet and is not in the hands of a digital superpower, unlike google docs.
If you can afford it, I definitely think it’s worth it. There are some adjustments you’ll need to get used to (recommend the free trial 100%) but other than that, it is a purchase that I do not regret. I’ve been using it for about two years now!
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