Scrivener Windows Release

[maekala]

As you may or may not remember, I was pimping Scrivener for Windows in the first part of this month. I kept talking about how excited I was that the open beta was going to be released pre-NaNo because the novel I'll be working on is a doozy of a novel that has multiple story lines wandering in and out of spotlight because this is basically two

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[geonncannon]

I can't wait to start my story! :D Former Secret Service chick, assassination, private security... I'm mainly excited to write a fight/chase scene in a mall. I have a very clear image of the main character taking one of those perfume sample bottles that they always want to spray at you and hurling it at the bad guy's head. And then her boss being all, "Did you really have to use the $250 bottle of perfume as a projectile?" ;-D

[maekala]

ROFLOL! She could always mention that there were $1000 bottles and at least she didn't use one of those

[geonncannon]

That's a good excuse! Her main reason is she was mainly focused on him not getting away. :D

My prewriting is basically just a lot of planning. Getting the characters in my head and imagining the big important scenes. I try to get as much of the story figured out before I start writing. It's kind of like remembering a movie I've never seen and then just writing what happens in that movie.

I like leaving the ending vague, too, when I plan. That way it can happen organically while I'm writing. Or as organically as possible. More often than not, the characters tell me what's going to happen. The last novel I wrote, A Fine Gray Dust, had a very surprising ending. I just suddenly realized, "Oh, really, it's almost over?"

I wrote a story about a character's life... it followed her mainly from the end of high school up until she got a career. It's the most time I've ever covered in a novel, so that was kind of weird to write using my typical methods. :D

[4ensicbones]

I'm definitely using Scrivener. I've been checking the site once a week since you mentioned them doing a Windows beta, waiting for a release date, lol. I'm so excited!

The whole trashing-the-idea-you've-been-working-on-for-11-months thing? Totally me. /sigh/

[maekala]

It's out now. I'm having to try very hard not to ask for he rest of he night off because I got "sick." I would much rather spend the rest of the night playing with my new toy. ;)

[4ensicbones]

I told myself that I can download it and play once I finish revising my Shakespeare paper lol. Otherwise, it'd never get done.

[maekala]

I cheated. I came home two hours early from work. I'm about to disappear into the awesomeness. ;)