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Writing a Novel with Scrivener by [David Hewson]

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The writing and story development program Scrivener is taking the world by storm. Here the bestselling author David Hewson, creator of the successful Nic Costa series, offers a personal, highly-focussed guide to using this powerful application to create a novel, now newly-updated to cover the brand new release version for Windows.
Hewson, a Scrivener user for years who's written five of his popular novels in the app, takes users through the basic processes of structuring a full-length novel, writing and developing the story, then delivering it either as a manuscript for an agent or publisher or as an ebook direct to Kindle or iBook.
Alongside the practical advice, he offers a working novelist's insight into the process of writing popular fiction. And this book is, of course, created entirely within Scrivener itself, from development through to publication on Kindle, a process followed in detail in the book. Please read the reviews to see what users think of this unique book, produced entirely from within Scrivener itself.

PRAISE FOR DAVID HEWSON'S NOVELS

The Fallen Angel, book nine in the Costa series

The Washington Post says, ‘…perhaps his finest novel. It’s hard to see how the author could have made his dark tale more fascinating, entertaining and yet entirely serious than he has.’

The New York Times, ‘Mr. Hewson’s crime novel, the ninth in a series, is like a satisfying “Law & Order” episode set in modern-day Rome… the ending is the rich tiramisu we’ve waited for.’

Bookreporter, ‘I cannot imagine anyone picking up a book authored by David Hewson and not falling in love with the subject matter within the first 50 pages or so. The Fallen Angel, his latest and arguably best work, continues the practice while upping his own ante by a notch or three.’

Jeffery Deaver...
Hewson is a daunting talent — a writer who is a master stylist.

Steve Berry...
David Hewson is one of the finest thriller writers working today. A born stylist.

Lee Child...
(Dante's Numbers)...is easily the best yet in a really terrific series.

Peter James...
Hewson is one of our finest crime writers. Absorbing, intelligent, and with a staggeringly vivid sense of place.

Length: 121 pages	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled	Page Flip: Enabled
Language: English

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 2211 KB
Print Length: 121 pages
Publisher: David Hewson; 3 edition (28 July 2011)
Sold by: Amazon Australia Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B004ZG7BMU
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Customer Reviews: 139 customer ratings
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #115,779 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #226 in Fiction Writing Reference
- #33 in Editing Writing Reference (Books)
- #21 in Editing Writing Reference (Kindle Store)

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Paul Brotheridge

Very helpful

Reviewed in Australia on 20 May 2014

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The focus here is obviously for the writer of fiction rather than the general user and, as such, this book got me up and going quickly.

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The Reading Room

Interesting Take on Using Scrivener

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 July 2019

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Some insights in to what works for David Hewson, but this guide didn’t work for me – 2 Stars

I’ve read a number of guides to using Scrivener, and this one just didn’t cut the mustard for me. While the personal insights from the author on how he uses Scrivener were interesting, the guide itself was less than helpful at times. Trying to read it alongside the programme itself, I found points where the given information e.g.” …the button at the bottom of the screen” either didn’t correlate to the view I had, or weren’t clear enough (which button?). The images too were less than helpful; virtually impossible to read on a Kindle, still not clear on a tablet, and viewing them on my laptop resulted in a tiresome amount of switching tabs.

On some positive notes: Although I use Windows, this didn’t cause a problem with understanding the guide, and I did enjoy reading which of Scrivener’s capabilities this established author finds useful, and which he chooses to disregard.
Overall, this was an interesting insight to how one author works with Scrivener, but in terms of explaining the way Scrivener can be used to write a novel, this is not a book that worked for me. I consider myself a complete novice as far as Scrivener is concerned, and a compulsive outliner when it comes to writing, and I honestly don’t feel this guide met those needs.

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Jonathan

Want to be a fiction writer? Love Scrivener too much? This will balance you out...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2017

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A great book for anyone trying hard to write fiction, but who is also a lover of software whistles and bells. This calms you down and gives you pointers for writing your novel, the correct way to use Scrivener as a tool - without getting bogged down in the geeky bits - and a helpful template to start you outlining and writing. The publishing and compiling section is quite detailed but worth studying, as your finished work will need to look good quickly in either manuscript or ebook format if you are a serious writer.

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gommine

If you think like a writer, this is the Scrivener 'manual' for you

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 August 2013

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This book deserves all the good reviews it gets. Unlike other Scrivener manuals, this book focuses on showing a writer (fiction and non fiction) what functions are actually worth knowing.

As a Scrivener ‘newbie’, I get the impression that this package is very similar to Photoshop. There are a lot of functions and you can certainly do a lot with it. But do you really need to know everything? David Hewson tells you what you need to know if you are trying to write a novel or a non-fiction book, and when he thinks that something could be achieved more easily by other means - perhaps by playing around with the Word document you have just produced. I really, really liked this approach - instead of learning dry facts about the various functions available, I understood the examples that the author offered. Confused about ‘Labels’ and ‘Keywords’? After reading Hewson’s relevant chapters, I labelled all my chapters by Point of View, and tagged them with keywords so that I can easily create collections based on what secondary characters appear in my story. In other words, if you think like a writer, and not like a software developer, this is the book for you.

I will admit that I got a little bit stuck at the ‘Compile’ section, but apparently that is the hardest function in the package to grasp. I am still working on this and it might take me a little while to really understand how it all works. But this book gave me the tools to get started without wasting too much time, so that I can focus on what I actually want to do: write.

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Angela Buckley

An excellent guide for an invaluable application

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 June 2011

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I am not entirely new to Scrivener but David Hewson's excellent guide has helped me to use it as an integral part of my writing.

I first came across the application through listening to David talk about it and I downloaded the earlier version. I did try to use it but struggled with working out its potential. Now with the latest version of Scrivener and this indispensable guide, it is starting to transform the way I manage my writing.

David Hewson's guide is clear, concise and well written. He has helpfully extracted the most useful aspects of the application and gives comprehensible instructions and tips on how to use them. Initially I read the guide through and now I am going back selecting relevant sections as I incorporate the features of the application into my work. I feel much more confident using it with David's guide on hand to refer to.

As well as the guidance on using Scrivener, David Hewson weaves tips and advice about the writing process in general into the more practical instructions, giving a fascinating insight into the methods that he uses in his own successful writing. I would highly recommend this invaluable guide to writers of all kinds.

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Randal

Very practical

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 December 2013

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An excellent clear guide to using scrivener to write a novel. Scrivener is one of those programmes with so many possibilities that you could spend weeks learning it from top to toe, or you could just take a day or so to grasp its main features and wade in, learning as you go. Most fiction writers will never need the full range of Scrivener's facilities, so the learn-as-you-go method makes sense and this book is a tremendous help.

I've been working in Scrivener for a few months now, ever since my friend Karen Traviss recommended it as a useful tool for writers. It doesn't help the creativity, but it does help you to organise what you write and to revise it and tease out separate threads for revision purposes.

I've grasped enough to use it, but Mr Hewson pointed out some of the features I'd missed and I've already put some of his ideas into use.

If at times this book seems a little Mac-centric, it's because there are features for the Mac version of Scrivener which have not made it as far as the PC platform yet.

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Laura of Lurking

A Good book with practical advice

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2013

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Having bought scrivener as soon as it came out I was soon playing with the features, looking at all the cool things it could do. I didn't get any writing done that day, or the next because I was looking at how best to utilise all the features.

This book showed me how, it helped me separate `cool' and `useful for my project' out of the many features offered. I particularly liked the added scrivener template to look at and get you started.

I only criticism would be that this is an adapted book from the mac version of the software which has been out far longer. There are some sections where you read about a feature that would be great for your project and then find "not currently available on Windows". Still, it is early days for scrivener, maybe these features will be added at a later day

This book is worth a read to get you on track with your writing rather than feature exploration

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Ms. K. Morgan

Not bad and cheap on kindle

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 February 2013

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This book is smoothly written and an easy read, and there's nothing to fault in it. The reason I only give it three stars is because it doesn't add much to the already extensive manuals available with scrivener. Also, it tells you stuff like how to download your work to kindle etc, but so far I haven't manage to make this happen, and it presumed some technical knowledge about the end of the process that I don't possess, which is why I wanted a help book really. So, not bad, worth a punt on kindle, but I wouldn't spend too much on it as not sure you'd get enough added value for money. Asi I say, well written, clear, accessible.

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Turn the page

short and sweet and ideal

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 July 2013

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This is a great little intro to the software, lets you get straight into it for longer and more complex pieces of writing without feeling you have to get used to all the initially unnecessary operations of which Scrivener is clearly capable.
With this to help me, I transferred most of a draft novel to Scrivener and find myself far more easily manipulating the scenes and chapters than I was able to with Word or Pages. It's written (actually both the ebook and the software are) for writers rather than for software designers.
It won't solve all problems, naturally, but is well worth trying. The novel-writing template on David's site (thanks for this too, David!) is really useful too.

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Joanne Phillips

Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 June 2013

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I've been using Scrivener for a while now, but not very effectively. This book was brilliant - told me exactly what I needed to know without loads of extraneous detail. Well written, and the tables and screenshots worked fine on my Kindle, which hasn't always been the case in other non-fiction ebooks I've read. I will refer to this again and again - I just wish it was available as a paperback as well.

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DSCH

Excellent book ... Or commentary!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 October 2013

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I have been debating for several weeks over whether to purchase Scrivener. This book has highlighted all the salient (and useful) facts of Scrivener and placed them in a logical sequence. A few hours spent reading this book has saved me hours and hours of pouring through the manual.

Well done! I shall be purchasing Scrivener tomorrow!

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I. Thomson

Very Helpful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 February 2013

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I am a great fan of Scrivener and found that their advice and Manual was second to none. So I hesitated for a while before purchasing additional reading material. Hesitate no more, this is a fine piece of work that can be both read cover to cover or dipped into for helpful advice. David Hewson has a very readable style and more importantly, it's like having that knowledgeable expert at your elbow encouraging you along.

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R. Clarke

Scrivener essential

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 August 2013

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Bought this as struggling with Scrivener manual and tutorial. Once I had dipped into this book I saw the light... and the errors I was making in the Scrivener tutorial.

Excellent guide to Scrivener and now outlining my next novel in Scrivener. Won't be going back to my old writing software. And it's all thanks to David Hewson.

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Crusty

Useful beyond words...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 May 2014

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Forgive the pun but this book has given me more confidence not just about using Scrivener but writing in general. My dad always said that if you use good quality tools, you'll want to use them more often. This book has shown me how good a tool Scrivener is and has enthused me no end. A great and informative read.

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Great advice from a novelist

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 May 2013

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This is not a "How To" guide as such; it's better than that. It's a novelist actrually telling you how he wrote a novel using Scrivener. Scrivener is primarily a writer's tool. It's specifically designed for novelists. The guide that comes with the product is perfectly good as an outline of how to get going. But Hewson's book is a must for writers using the software.

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RC Welsby

Great book for Scrivener

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 October 2014

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I have ready an number of books on how to use Scrivener, and I have to say this was the best by far. The writing was set out well and was easy to understand. I learnt a lot from this book, and was able to dip back in, if I had forgotten anything

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