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

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Just in time for your Camp NaNoWriMo set-up, my Scrivener tutorial! Featuring a full, step-by-step breakdown of the folders I add and how I set up my outline view, as well as a few tips and tricks that would have made my life easier if I'd known about them sooner.
I had planned to also include poetry, but this ended up being a lot longer than anticipated.
Stay tuned for a poetry version soon!
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Some people mentioned in this video, from whom I've learned much of what I know about Scrivener:
Abbie Emmons
/ @abbieemmons
Sofiya Pasternack
/ @sofiyapasternack
Chapters:
Intro 00:00
How I Set Up My Folders 00:26
How I Set Up My Outline 09:20
Tips & Tricks I Wish I'd Known 16:31
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@peterc2248 5 месяцев назад

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 5 месяцев назад

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: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qWcAAI4Xvlg.html

@peterplantec7911 9 месяцев назад

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 9 месяцев назад

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

@miggseye 10 месяцев назад

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 10 месяцев назад

Yay! Glad it helped you!

@Tina-qn6pq 8 месяцев назад

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

@hhtahir 8 месяцев назад

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

@vmaeder 2 месяца назад

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 2 месяца назад

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

@stevencrane1993 Год назад

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 Год назад

yay! Glad to hear it helped!

@kfr8601 Год назад

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

@hhtahir Год назад

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

@davidpalmer1628 8 месяцев назад

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

@hhtahir 8 месяцев назад

Glad it was helpful! You're so welcome!

@Lupinicus1664 11 месяцев назад

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 11 месяцев назад

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.

@CabeValion 7 месяцев назад

Extremely useful... thanks for this set up tutorial

@hhtahir 7 месяцев назад

You’re welcome! Glad to hear it helped!

@BenZeebar Месяц назад

Extremely useful information. Thank you very much.

@hhtahir Месяц назад

Glad you found it useful!

@user-fx8ee4mw6y 10 месяцев назад

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

@hhtahir 10 месяцев назад

Sure! Glad to hear it!

@93kingu Месяц назад

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 Месяц назад

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 Месяц назад

@@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!

@jjgavilano Год назад

Scrivener's the best!

@hhtahir Год назад

agreed!

@marklynn222 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing

@hhtahir 11 месяцев назад

Sure!

@rogberube6422 Год назад

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

@hhtahir Год назад

So glad you found them useful!!

@rogberube6422 Месяц назад

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

@amarantisima 4 месяца назад

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 4 месяца назад

I didn’t know that! Thanks for sharing!

@tollmart 8 месяцев назад

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

@hhtahir 8 месяцев назад

You're so welcome!

@tollmart 8 месяцев назад

@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 8 месяцев назад

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 8 месяцев назад

@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

@hackdeen8854 7 месяцев назад

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

@hhtahir 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! Happy to help!

@nickwgash3760 Год назад

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

@hhtahir Год назад

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

@hhtahir 8 месяцев назад

Done! Hope this helps! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-h0lgg2Yg3rM.htmlsi=o8m_ham2An1RQrj2

@kiwifruitkl 8 месяцев назад

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 8 месяцев назад

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.

@Dorito230 8 месяцев назад

Please do a video on plotting!

@hhtahir 8 месяцев назад

Done! Hope this helps! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-h0lgg2Yg3rM.htmlsi=o8m_ham2An1RQrj2

@diannebdee 7 месяцев назад

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 5 месяцев назад

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

@Plamen0619 10 месяцев назад

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

@hhtahir 10 месяцев назад

I explored changing color/adding background images to the composition mode in the poetry version of this video. Hope this helps! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qWcAAI4Xvlg.html

@jesperjee 10 месяцев назад

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 10 месяцев назад

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 10 месяцев назад

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 10 месяцев назад

@@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.

@calmit23 5 месяцев назад

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

@hhtahir 5 месяцев назад

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

@theshisho 4 месяца назад

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 4 месяца назад

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 RU-vidrs’ workflows 🤷🏻‍♀️

@theshisho 4 месяца назад

@@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 4 месяца назад

@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 2 месяца назад

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 2 месяца назад

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