Research varies considerably from Google Maps for other stories to University research papers that I read when writing To The Survivors about how viruses spread. In the screen shot below, from a Physics site, ( ), I was checking up on how G is calculated, then using the formula in Excel to calculate for my other planets. calculating how old people are and what day of the week it was/will be.įinally, there is, of course, research. Before I used Scrivener and Aeon, I also used it for character lists and timelines i.e. I like to think that my stories could work if you ignore the faster than light etc elements. Of course I do not need this for every story but I find it essential in my SciFi. Nothing very clever here, apart from all the ratios and calculations to convert Earth measurements and time into my alien settings. I do not need this for all my stories but when it gets complicated i.e. This one shows a couple of Arcs (chapters or scenes) with events and then cross linked to characters, scenes etc. This is Aeon Timeline which integrates with Scrivener. The next tool I use is to keep my timeline straight.
AEON TIMELINE COUPON FULL
(Editors note: Scrivener now has full iPad version) It does link with Scrivener but it s not the same. In the continuing absence of an iPad version for Scrivener, I use Index Card when I am away from my desktop Mac. All my writing is done here and the formatting for eBooks and Paperbacks using Scrivener’s Compile feature. The main tool I use is Scrivener, the chapter manuscript is in the centre of the screen with the list of proposed chapter headings, characters and places/scenes on the left. Whether what I display makes it into the final cut we will have to see. As an example I am using Intervention the second part of The Observer Series. I thought I would take a break from actual writing to show you some of the tools I use to put the story together.
The writer’s craft was first posted in May 2015
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