![]() ![]() Sometimes I need to add entries to the outline. By using Notes this way, rearranging elements is as simple as drag-n-drop. These documents are more complex in nature and so I often find the need to rearrange the elements of the outline to improve the flow. I use the folders and note entries to create my outline. The outlines for these are usually pretty basic and won't change (much, if at all) as I complete the work.įor long seminars and books, I start out using Notes. This outline gets filled in as I work through the material. For sermons and short seminars, I use one long Pages doc that starts out as an outline (sometimes I'll use a mindmap tool, SimpleMind is my favorite, to visually construct the outline). I highly recommend it to anyone who needs to bang out a lot of text.Īs for how I use Pages and Notes in combination, it depends upon the project. These devices sell for $30 in like-new condition, have great keyboards, insane battery life, and are the ultimate (IMO) in distraction-free writing. Although there is an iOS version I don't use it, so ultimately I end up using Notes or voice memos on iOS when I need to save something before it vanishes, and merge it into Scrivener later on.Ĭlick to expand.Yes! It IS liberating to have a lightweight and portable workflow. A drawback for me is that it is not as portable as you described with your method. That said, I don't really use but a fraction of its features though do appreciate the ones I use. Also it's powerful means of tagging and classifying along with its various metadata abilities to organize. Things that attracted me to Scrivener were its ability to present all my research, ideas, outlining and such in hierarchical manner within a single interface, saving to a single archive file. Do you use one long Pages doc for the entire novel, or break it out in a hierarchical manner into multiple documents, perhaps versioning and classifying in some way, while in draft? ![]() Maybe that is why this is hard to explain: you have to use it for a while before you experience it fully.As a user of Scrivener on macOS, I find your use of Pages and Notes interesting in that it must be somewhat liberating in its lightweight and portable nature. Every time I would enter that room my mind would do its best. This is like having a room dedicated to deep thinking. I don’t remember not feeling good about writing in iA Writer. It was the hardest app to give up when I switched to a Windows laptop, and I'm thrilled to have it back. “iA Writer is the absolute best at what it does. ![]() I use my Surface Pro in my workflow and it has been frustrating that the clean, minimalist writing app on Windows is not as polished as iA Writer. “Thank you for doing this! As a Mac and iOS user who uses iA Writer on both platforms, I'm so happy that you're making a Windows version. “Seriously! Any serious writer/student who finds writer's block a problem! Honestly get this! Get the beta! It’s amazing! I’ve already used it this morning to write a full report for work, format it, make it pretty after getting down the bare bones. That's worth backing on Kickstarter” – Tom Warren, Senior Editor, The Verge “My fellow Windows exiles: Do you miss iA Writer as much as I do? There’s a new Kickstarter to port it.” - Scott Klein, Managing Editor Propublica Thank you for an exceptional product." – Biz Stone, co-founder Twitter Everything goes away except for the writing experience.” - Stephen Fry, Comedian “Writer has out-innovated Apple” - Fast Company ![]() “iA Writer is all about textual production – writing this phrase, this sentence, this word at this moment." ![]()
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