I am the first to admit that I am the worst organizer in my family and possibly the entire state of Maryland. There are many times during my day when my seven year old daughter stops me from adding to yet another pile of undefined papers by saying "No, mommy, those are bills, and Daddy says they belong in the bill basket. If you remember your organizational bins you won't lose any more bills and our water won't get shut off again." Okay, I'm not that bad, but I have lost many important items.
This is where the Scrivener app comes in. It is basically a bulletin board on your computer screen that organizes your novel into manageable sections, chapters and scenes. Great idea for me who has her entire book on pieces of scrap paper, 5 composition notebooks and various flash drives lying around the kitchen. I love the idea and I am determined to make this app work for me and get all of my scattered pieces entered into Scrivener. My first attempt, very sad. I couldn't figure out how to import or is export my docs into Scrivener. I couldn't even get them to drag in there, which I thought dragging anything anywhere was a guarantee with all Mac software.
My wonderful children just left for the beach for three days with my in-laws, so I realized that this is the best time to try the One on One service offered (it is about $100 for a year) and signed up to go to a workshop.
More later...
