Changing Things Up…

So I have decided to take my writing more seriously, including being more diligent about my blogging, as well as possibly developing some ideas I have had about drafting a book related to my profession. My father - who was an academic all his life - once told me “You’re not really a professional at ANYTHING until you have been published !”

The POWER Method

In a previous blog entry, I discussed the POWER methodology for writing:
* Plan
* Outline
* Write
* Edit
* Release
This is a powerful (see what I did there ?) method that I like a lot. But I needed to create a workflow that matched this methodology. And frankly, editing my blog entries in BLOGSY (an iPad application) is cumbersome. Worse, the native WYSIWYG editor Blogger publishes online is fraught with various peril. For whatever reason, I cannot make the final copy look like the editor copy, which is VERY frustrating !

A New Tool

I have coughed up $24 USD & purchased a copy of Scrivener 2. It is the “Writers Choice” according to many of the online reviews. Some of the features I really like are:
1. A binder/page concept similar to Microsoft OneNote
2. The cork board allows me to write synopses of the sections or pages of write
ng, allowing me to write the ideas down & play with the organization later
3. The ability to publish HTML Markup - to post directly into Blogger
4. The ability to publish in ePub format for the next Great Canadian Novel (no, not really)
5. The ability to publish in Kindle format - why limit my market ?

Please bear with me as I learn the nuances of this tool and the power it gives me to just write.