Can a Pantser Become a Plotter?

by | Dec 18, 2013 | One Writer's Journey

That’s the question posed by Sisters in Crime member Sherry Harris in a recent post on Wicked Cozy Authors, the joint blog of six authors who write wicked awesome cozy mysteries set in New England. As a pantser (someone who writes without an outline, outside of a...

Descrambling Scapple

by | Nov 2, 2013 | One Writer's Journey

My recent posts, Descrambing Scrivener Part I and Part II, were met with an incredible amount of attention. They also led me to a number of related posts, but none piqued my interest as much as a post by author Catherine Chant, a PRO member of the Romance Writers of...

Descrambling Scrivener: Part II

by | Oct 19, 2013 | One Writer's Journey

In Descrambling Scrivener: Part I, I promised to tell you what I’d learned from Gwen Hernandez’s excellent course on Scrivener. Here are the basics: Creating a new project: Think of Scrivener as a three-ring binder where you can store your writing, research, notes,...

Descrambling Scrivener: Part I

by | Oct 5, 2013 | One Writer's Journey

Get together with any group of writers, whether it’s through an online chat forum or in person, and the subject of Scrivener is bound to come up. And while I’m sure Scrivener has its fair share of detractors, one thing is irrefutable: those who love it really love it....