In the Inspector, click on Notes to add questions, thoughts, etc. Click in the other half of the screen, then click on the new note-cardģ5.
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Click in one screen then click on PDF in the folderģ4. Split the screen (upper right of central text screen, if you need to go to ViewEditor LayoutSplit…)ģ3. In "Warner, Chinese Expedition" folder create a new note cardģ2. Drag and drop PDF from Zotero into Scrivener Research folderģ1. Create new sub-folder for "Warner, Chinese Expedition"ģ0. Click on the small arrow to the right of the "New" buttonĢ9. In Scrivener, single click on the "Research" folderĢ8. Go to Warner's article in Zotero, click the small arrow to the left of the title to reveal PDFĢ7. Advanced Search: "Warner, Langdon" in Author "Turkestan" in Full-TextĢ6. Click green + for another card, follow the same processĢ2.
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Hit Return, then type the notes you want (paraphrase, full quotation, etc.)Ģ0. This seems like overkill, since these are in the Synopsis, but you will appreciate it later.ġ9. In the main note-taking window, type author (or abbreviated Title) and exact page number on the line. Type the author (or abbreviated Title) and exact page number on the second line of the Synopsisġ8. Type the topic of the note (3-5 words maximum) in the first line of the Synopsisġ7. Make sure the blue (for "Inspector") button is on to show "Synopsis" in upper-right cornerġ6. Within a folder, create a note card by clicking on the New button (big green +)ġ5. Click on the small arrow to the right of the "New" button (or ProjectNew Folder)ġ4. Add a folder for each source (make sure you have already saved bibliographic information in Zotero) by single clicking on the "Research" folder, thenġ3. Save to Cloud account with whatever name your want that is sharableġ2.
When dialog box opens, select Tutorial and save-this is your homework for next weekĩ.
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Download trial Scrivener for Windows or Mac (you can also download a key-served copy for on-campus use via the campus network)ħ. Do you have a Cloud account of some sort (iCloud, Dropbox, Box, GoogleDocs, etc.)?Ħ. Have you ever used note cards for research notes? That's what Scrivener is.Ģ. Which obviously, have captivated millions of people.1. But the reason it may work for him is because there is nothing there to distract him from his story and characters. That is one of the ugliest things every created. Martin’s “Game of Thrones,” consider that he literally writes on a 1983 MS-DOS PC.
But when writing, we have to put that kind of stuff aside because writing is something that takes 100% of our focus and effort to do well. I’m sympathetic to your point because I also do visual art and the way things look matters to me. You want to be thinking italic emphasis, not thinking “this should look italic.” The emphasis that you are putting on a word or words. In the final product, the italics might be shown in dozens of ways, with extra letter-spacing or slightly larger font size, but you don’t think of that when you are writing because what matters when you are writing is the semantics of italics. The idea there is to focus on the semantics of what you are writing, completely separate from the way the text looks. Similarly, if you are focused on how the text looks in a Markdown editor, then you might be missing the point of Markdown.
Scrivener expects you to go into full screen mode and write 5000 words, then come back out to use the other tools to prepare for another full-screen session of writing 5000 words. Ideally, when you are using it, you would be in a comfortable chair, maybe some music playing, and just hack away at your writing project. The full-screen writing mode is a typewriter. Scrivener expects you to be thinking about your characters, research, story, dialogue. The idea there is to be immersed in your book and the writing of your book, not the app itself. If you are focused on how Scrivener looks, then you might be missing the point of Scrivener.