1/13/2024 0 Comments Manuscript tabletI’m already very familiar with YAML since my blogging system, Jekyll, uses it for article metadata. Users of the Mac version of Scrivener will recognise many of the options available (folder-level title formatting, font overrides, text transformations, etc), but there’s no UI for any of it in the iOS version - it’s strictly via the configuration files alone. Significant customisation of Scrivener’s output is possible via SCOMP files (Scrivener Compile Appearance), which you can add and edit within the app itself it’s a YAML-based format, with full documentation included. It can generate PDF, Word, RTF, and plain text formats, but not ePub (though you can open the Word format directly in Apple’s Pages app, which can then generate ePub files on the device). What it doesn’t have, though, is all of the Mac version’s Compile functionality, to format and collate your manuscript ready for export. It can also preview the collated full text of your manuscript in-app, without requiring export first. The editor is rich text, offers typewriter mode - which keeps the line you’re currently editing at a fixed point on screen - and supports common keyboard shortcuts for formatting. And here’s a screenshot of Scrivener with the sidebar and Binder visible. The novel pictured is my own CHANGER (since you ask). Here’s how it looks when editing full-screen. A dedicated full-screen mode is available, or you can equally keep the Binder visible (narrow or wide), or open a different document in that panel to refer to. The actual writing experience is delightful, as you’d expect. Even the cork board is there, and the sidebar (or Binder, in Scrivener’s own terminology) can be used for rudimentary outlining - but you’re much better off using a dedicated tool like the unmatched OmniOutliner for that particular task. Scrivener on iPad offers most of the organising, writing, and editing features of its big brother on the Mac. Even the on-screen keyboard is very usable with practice, though you’ll certainly want a physical keyboard for serious typing, and there are a wealth of apps available to help you get words down in a focused environment.įor years, my writing tool of choice on the Mac has been Scrivener, and the iOS version was released at last in July this year. I write books, and writing is one task that the iPad is ideally suited for. Using the iPad for: Writing Novels - Matt Gemmell Matt Gemmell Books Podcast KESTREL Once Upon A Time Stories About Blog Contact Terms & Conditions ≡ □ MIDDLESHADE ROAD is out now! Using the iPad for: Writing Novels Nov 12th, 2016
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