
Honestly, I use about 1% of Scrivener’s capabilities. I don’t bother putting my research or notes into the program as I draft ( I currently use MS OneNote for most of that). We can lay out our scenes with virtual index cards, capture our research information, and create character sheets, all in one program. But more importantly, writers like Scrivener for its organizational features. Many writers use Scrivener ( Windows and Mac) because they sponsor NaNoWriMo and offer a discount to participants.
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So if you’re an author who loves having the story direction of my Master Beat Sheet and use Scrivener for drafting your stories, today’s post is for you… Not Sure What Scrivener Is? (Yes, it’s the Frankenstein of beat sheets. Click To TweetThe Master Beat Sheet is a mashup of the Save the Cat Beat Sheet developed by Elizabeth Davis and Larry Brooks’s Story Engineering Beat Sheet that I developed. (And I love when my readers give me ideas for posts!)ĭo you use the Master Beat Sheet and draft with Scrivener? Check this out. I already have Scrivener templates to go with my Basic Beat Sheet and my Romance Beat Sheet, but I’ve gotten several requests to make Scrivener templates for my other beat sheets as well.

“Your master beat sheet is awesome, do you think you could make a scrivener template for it, similar to the basic beat sheet template you made?”

Recently, an author who goes by the Twitter name of Cypher Rich contacted me to ask: That thought makes my pathologically helpful heart fill with warm fuzzies. I’m honored that so many have found my tools useful. A quick look at my sidebar reveals that many of my most popular posts involve the various beat sheets, worksheets, and Scrivener templates I’ve developed to help writers.
