![]() ![]() After writing a piece of text the user may export it to a standard word processor for formatting. This allows the user to organize notes, concepts, research and whole documents for easy access and reference (documents including text, images, PDF, audio, video, web pages, etc.). Scrivener provides a management system for documents, notes and metadata. Scrivener is a word-processing program designed for authors. I also need to work on all kinds of lists and miscellany.Įxploring Scrivener 2 has led me to the conclusion that this tool have some longer term value and is worth pursuing, cementing a workflow that is effortless and likely to last, especially when synched with Simplenoteon my iPhone or iPad *. Projects, of all sorts, need to be managed. In short, my need is to draft and store research ideas and references together, in some logically ordered way that allows me to build on what has already been produced, wherever I am, prior to formal publication. I once thought (2008) that Evernote was brilliant but now, I feel an answer has emerged that suits my needs. I have tried many, many tools and apps but always seem to return to these few. I mostly use Word for Mac or TextEdit for longer pieces often making lists with Notes on my iPad or iPhone. There is an old battered suitcase under the house filled with what I once though of as my ‘juvenilia’ (chuckling slightly with the hubris of the word) □ and my writing from the 80s. I have lots of folders, spread across many drives, dating back to 1997. Often the work I send off to editors is not really organised or stored too logically but I do try to use Diigo to tag my pieces wherever feasible. This self-hosted WordPress blog often stores numerous drafts that may see light or moulder. My work is spread across a range of Microsoft, Google and Apple products. Usually, as soon as possible, I try to digitally jot ideas down or just start on the project. Ideas for family stuff, journal articles, blog posts, lessons, school, university sessions, lines of poetry, descriptions and books come to mind while in full stride but I rarely stop and record anything. I like walking and often do my best thinking while out and about with my camera, wandering to the next destination or on public transport. Now I want to spend more time creating and sharing rather than fooling around with tools. I am close to updated workflows being (mentally and practically) in place having spent quite a deal of time experimenting in recent months. One just has to hope their policies are truly ethical and that security is a priority.Īt the moment, I am close to being comfortable with the tools assembled for photography, music, writing, sharing, storage and being totally in synch, across devices, especially when travelling. It would be good to be less reliant on big (or little) corporations that store my data but the reality is that one has limited choice. I could make an embarrassingly long list of tools that are on my devices which, after my initial explorations, are no longer in regular use. Increasingly, I want to make processes simple and have my stuff synched. ![]() Like you, I am always (obsessively) exploring these online tools, software, storage and the plethora of apps that appear in Reeder or via Twitter. ![]() Managing writing projects has proven to be the most unresolved workflow. There are areas where I was never really satisfied, constantly experimenting with new online and cloud services, especially for backing up documents and images. Mostly, this has been with photography but also, with the demise of Google Reader on July 1st, other long-running workflow habits, that I was very happy with, are in need of a rethink. Workflow, for a whole range of professional needs and personal pleasures, is constantly being disrupted lately as tools and processes morph daily or my understanding deepens of what is possible. But once the interaction starts to provide feedback to the person’s skills, it usually begins to be intrinsically rewarding. …enjoyable activities are not natural they demand an effort that initially one is reluctant to make. If you don’t, you’re apt to find something you didn’t expect and get discouraged. And it has become a kind of a truism in the study of creativity that you can’t be creating anything with less than 10 years of technical knowledge immersion in a particular field. ![]()
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