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How to Self-Publish Your Books to Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Google, and Kobo
Kirk McElhearn / 31 DECEMBER 2025
You can easily self-publish your books on the five main ebook platforms to sell them around the world….
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Mac & Windows Apps to Help You Focus When Writing
Kirk McElhearn / 24 DECEMBER 2025
Sometimes it’s hard to get into the writing groove. Eliminating distractions with Scrivener, and using…
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How Copywork and Imitation Can Help Writers Improve Their Own Style
Kirk McElhearn / 17 DECEMBER 2025
Copying and imitating the works of great writers can help you learn more about writing and enhance your…
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How to Compile Your Scrivener Project for Print, PDF, or Microsoft Word
Kirk McElhearn / 10 DECEMBER 2025
When you compile a Scrivener project, you stitch together all its texts to export a single file. It’s…
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Write Now with Scrivener, Episode no. 57: Jonas Enander, Astrophysicist
Kirk McElhearn / 3 DECEMBER 2025
Jonas Enander is an astrophysicist whose book is entitled Facing Infinity: Black Holes and Our Place…
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5 Books on Writing Poetry, and Why Every Author Should Read Them
Kirk McElhearn / 26 NOVEMBER 2025
Poetry and fiction are very different, but the elements that go into making a good poem can help authors…
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Scrivener and AI: Why Do I See AI Prompts in My Scrivener Projects on Mac?
Kirk McElhearn / 19 NOVEMBER 2025
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you…
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How to Write Short Story or Essay Collections in Scrivener
Kirk McElhearn / 12 NOVEMBER 2025
Scrivener is great for long-form projects and collections of shorter works, and its features are ideal…
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Write Now with Scrivener, Episode no. 56: Alexander Rose, Historian
Kirk McElhearn / 5 NOVEMBER 2025
Alexander Rose is a historian whose latest book, Phantom Fleet, is about how the US Navy captured a German…
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Keep Track of Point-of-View Characters and Timelines in Scrivener’s Corkboard
Kirk McElhearn / 29 OCTOBER 2025
You can use Scrivener’s Corkboard to visualize some complex elements of novels with multiple point-of-view…
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