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Steve Loughran<p>Also: enjoying Scrivener for preparing this. The new version is something you can finally use for technical writing as it has paragraph styes as well as just characters. Scrivener is the IDE for writing.</p><p>A single talk is enough to justify the price: proposal, bio, research. </p><p>Something I've dredged up there is that time in 1999 when I got Microsoft to credit me with a CVE against IE4. I think that'll give me legitimacy.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scrivener</span></a></p>
Tradecraft Writing<p>Used <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scrivener</span></a> for an article for the first time today. Normally, I write my articles in Markdown or plain text to avoid distraction. Scrivener, in every way, is the absolute opposite of that: bells and whistles everywhere and a novel-sized user manual that doesn't always explain things, but I can see it's appeal for longer works, including magazine-length articles. Plus, I like the idea of being able to package up an article and its associated research.</p>
Graham Ward<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@ryanoneill1970" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ryanoneill1970</span></a></span> You seem to be using these tools for similar projects to me. I have used <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scrivener</span></a> for writing for a few years, but recently discovered <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Zettlr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zettlr</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@zettlr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>zettlr</span></a></span> , which had I discovered earlier, I might not have gone to Scrivener. It's <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>markdown</span></a> and exports nicely via <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Pandoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pandoc</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Latex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Latex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genealogy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/familyhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>familyhistory</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://writing.exchange/@golgaloth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>golgaloth</span></a></span> </p><blockquote><p>Apparently Libre Office is free and contains no AI</p></blockquote><p>Oddly, I had a choice between Microsoft 365 and Libre Office. I needed to make a change bars DOCX of the updates I made to the novel because ePub from <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scrivener</span></a> doesn't support it. I could pay Microsoft $70 bucks for change bar support (not in free version) or use <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibreOffice</span></a> (always free version.).</p><p>I chose LibreOffice. I am keeping it installed this time.</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersOfMastodon</span></a></p>
LucCogZest<p>Summerfest is on! Many great apps such as <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scrivener</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BBEdit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBEdit</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/EagleFiler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EagleFiler</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Bookends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookends</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Nisus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nisus</span></a> Writer Pro, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trickster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trickster</span></a> and Hookmark are 25% off <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://c.im/@eastgate" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eastgate</span></a></span></p>
Ian Robinson<p>I learned today that Scrivener has a Linguistic Focus mode that will highlight the different types of words in your text. Adverbs, Nouns, etc, so you can see at a glance if you are overusing them. It's available on Mac from Edit Menu-&gt;Spelling &amp; Grammar-&gt; Linguistic Focus...</p><p>iA Writer has had this feature for years. I'm not surprised that Scrivener has it. I've never thought of anything I'd like to do in Scrivener that I haven't found was available in the app.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scrivener</span></a></p>
Professor Charles Haas<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Overleaf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Overleaf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Latex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Latex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scrivener</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a></p><p>A good conceptual would be drafting in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Omnioutliner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Omnioutliner</span></a> ( <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.omnigroup.com/@OmniGroup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OmniGroup</span></a></span> ) and then exporting in a frictionless way into a tex file, but this does not seem to exist (apparently it did at one time).</p><p>Anyone have any good solutions? 2/2</p>
Professor Charles Haas<p>I am looking for some serious structured scientific paper writing workflow ideas from those familiar with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Overleaf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Overleaf</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Latex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Latex</span></a> . I would really like to do serious outlining with notes as a first step. I’ve tried <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scrivener</span></a>, and its latex support is, IMHO, kludgy. I do a lot with general notetaking in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a> , but find the pandoc - latex pipeline annoying. 1/2</p>
skribe 🇺🇦 :verified_mustard:<p>Guess which idiot destroyed his wine installation (Scrivener no workee) in the pursuit of installing php-gd so WordPress can manipulate images.</p><p>I've got it working again, I think. Still no php-gd though. </p><p>*Le sigh*</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scrivener</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Wine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wine</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PHP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PHP</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/WordPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordPress</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<p>Attention Scrivener users, and anyone with RegEx search in your editor: </p><p>I have three <em>comprehensive</em> RegEx search strings that you can use and optionally make a collection in Scrivener: (1) Negative or positive words, (2) Confused words, and (3) Weasel and Hedge words. </p><p>The Google Doc contains full instructions to create collections for fast access, as well as the strings. In the future, I will update this document as I add words.I will take suggestions!</p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-g6jx8teJQE1uXLA-XwZP6cTMe5_-xz2AGLRHffNVlc/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/1-g</span><span class="invisible">6jx8teJQE1uXLA-XwZP6cTMe5_-xz2AGLRHffNVlc/edit?usp=sharing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/regex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regex</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scrivener</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersOfMastodon</span></a></p>
Yahe<p>TIL: <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scrivener</span></a> gibt es auch für iOS/iPadOS. So kann man auch unterwegs an seinen Texten arbeiten.</p>
Matt Jordan<p>I just learned the shortcut for creating a new folder in Scrivener. My sanity is saved. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scrivener</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amWriting</span></a></p>
Anne<p>Been getting more writing done just prepping for a writing retreat than I have in months. I should prep for writing retreats more often. Or maybe open Scrivener more often. For some reason, opening Scrivener is a real mental barrier for me. It reeks of commitment. <a href="https://tootsweet.social/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://tootsweet.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://tootsweet.social/tags/Scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scrivener</span></a></p>
Ian Robinson<p>Scrivener 3 for Mac is such a joy to use for writing anything over a few hundred words. </p><p>The current (ghostwritten) newsletter I'm working on is close to 3000 words. Scrivener makes managing all the sections so easy.</p><p>If I had to keep only one app, it would be Scrivener 3. </p><p><a href="https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">literatureandlatte.com/scriven</span><span class="invisible">er/overview</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scrivener</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoodApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoodApps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a></p>
Thomas Cannon<p>Any Scrivener-heads here? I’m approaching the end of my trial, I like it, but would love to pick the brain of someone who’s a power-user</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scrivener</span></a></p>
Miriam Robern • Shopgirl Arc<p>i stg i love the export options on scrivener right up until i try to fix one minor thing and then everything changes on all of my projects and i have no freaking idea how any of it works.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scrivener</span></a></p>
The Skeptator<p>Rechtschreibprüfung von <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scrivener</span></a> ist doch eher enttäuschend. Das bekommt ja sogar Word besser hin.</p>
Ian Robinson<p>Listening to Write Now with Scrivener (Episode 50: Michael Jamin, TV and Comedy Writer): <a href="https://podcast.scrivenerapp.com/50" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">podcast.scrivenerapp.com/50</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Michael Jamin has been writing for TV for decades, and just published his first book of humorous short stories, A Paper Orchestra. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Podcast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Comedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comedy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scrivener</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<p><strong>RegEx for Speedy Story Revision</strong></p><p>Here are the current iteration of these two RegEx search strings. I will update this post to keep it up to date. The \b requires a beginning- or end-of-word to maximize exact matches. The (?: ) is a non-replacing grouping for multiple words with similar issues, <em>and</em> for he/she matches. Depending on your writing, you may want to change the pronouns to he|she|it|they. Both RegEx rely on NOT selecting Case Sensitive for searches.</p><ul><li> <strong>Negative Protection and Homonyms:</strong></li></ul><p>can\b|can't|can not|could\b|couldn't|cannot|shall\b|shan'|shall not|shoud\b|shouldn't|should not|would not|\bwould\b|\bwouldn't|\bwith\b|without|write\b|\bright|lead\b|\bled\b|lede|choose|chose|lose|loose</p><ul><li><strong>Weasel and Hedge Words:</strong></li></ul><p>ly\b|\babout\b|almost|already|barely|\bbit\b|begin|\bbegan\b|\can|certain|generally|\bguess|\bjust\b|kind|\blike|maybe|mostly|near|course|pretty|perhaps|possibly|potentially|really|probably|\bseem|\bsome\b|sort|start|\bstill\b|surprisingly|suppose|\bthink\b|usually|could|\bsaw\b|\bheard\b|\bfelt\b|\bknew\b|\bread\b|noticed|recognized|\band\b|\bbut\b|(?:I|he|she) could (?:see|hear|taste|touch)|(?:I|he|she) (?:saw|hear|knew|read|felt|noticed|recognized) that|you can|made certain</p><p>If you use <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scrivener</span></a>, this is the procedure for turning these searches into Binder/Left-sidebar buttons on the Mac, though probably similar on Windows:</p><ol><li>Click the combo-button for Search.</li><li>Select Search in Project.</li><li>Copy-Paste a RegEx string and press Enter.</li><li>Note to the left inside the search control there is a magnifier and a combo-button. Open it. Select at minimum RegEx. I also select the name of my drafts folder, which is Manuscript, and Text so only what I want to revise is shown in the binder. Turn off Case Sensitive if on.</li><li>Click Save Search as Collection.</li><li>Provide a name in the dialog (it initially displays the RegEx string).</li><li>Click View &gt; Binder (if not already check marked).</li><li>Click View &gt; Collections (if not already check marked).</li></ol><p>If you need to update a collection, use this procedure:</p><ol><li>Click the RegEx search collection in the binder. This displays it in the search control.</li><li>Copy it from the search control.</li><li>Press the minus button in the + - shown to the right of Collections. This deletes only the selected existing search collection. There is no way to directly update a search collection.</li><li>Paste your revision.</li><li>Follow the first set of instructions to recreate the collection.</li></ol><p>On the iPad and iPhone, RegEx search exists but only finds a single word or phrase at a time. Disappointing, but it works. You will find RegEx which you tap gear icon when using Find. You can't save the search, but I put it in the Notes app so I can reference it easily.</p><p>The image shows Weasel and Hedge Words in use. In the top left, you'll see the search box with the RegEx, and below it my two collections which are titled <strong>🔍Positives and Negatives</strong> and <strong>🔍Weasel and Hedge Words</strong>. Note the highlights. Desktop Scrivener shows all matches, making quick review and revision a snap. I've added "and" and "but" and "ly" to highlight overuse of conjunctions and adverbs. There's also double-word error highlighted.</p><p>May your editing, revising, and review be simple and swift!</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Author</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Revise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Revise</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Revision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Revision</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Editing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Editing</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RegEx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RegEx</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a></p>
Greg Leunig<p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 4 May: How do you take notes? Share a (redacted?) screenshot or photo.</p><p>I used to do all my writing in MS Word, which meant a separate "notes" file that I would have open and cross-reference as I went. </p><p>Since getting <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scrivener</span></a> there are separate notes items for any topic I might want to reference that go in their own pages, organized at my discretion beneath the chapters. This is the way.</p>