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1. #Aeon timeline in scrivner for mac
2. #Aeon timeline in scrivner full version
3. #Aeon timeline in scrivner software
4. #Aeon timeline in scrivner trial
5. #Aeon timeline in scrivner series

I Goolged “fantasy map-making software” and discovered AutoRealm, which has done the job very well, with the added bonus of various funky icons.

I couldn’t figure out where anything was - I needed to see it (in the course of writing this novel I have solidified my long-suspected belief that I’m a pretty visual person…!). This way, I can keep everything in the same place.įor the first time in my life, I’m writing a fantasy-ish novel my setting is an imaginary country in the real world. I’ve found it handy for “thinking out loud” I do that on paper, too, but then promptly lose the bits of paper. It isn’t exactly mind-mapping software-it’s more like a freeform text editor that allows you to make notes anywhere on the page and to connect them using straight dotted lines or arrows.” It does exactly what it says on the tin: onscreen brainstorming. The official description of it is “an easy-to-use tool for getting ideas down as quickly as possible and making connections between them. This is a product put out by Literature and Latte, who make the amazing Scrivener it integrates with Scrivener, too. You can colour-code timelines to characters and set up timelines for your fictional world. And I just learned today that it can synchronize with Scrivener! Hurrah! And you can link your events with research material such as external files or images that can be displayed inside the application.” In my new novel, I desperately needed a way to keep my dates and events straight (Protagonist A is 21! No, she’s accidentally 19!), and Aeon helps me do just that - and much more, I realize as I play around with it. You can model the relationships between events and people, places and ideas. With Aeon, you can divide your timeline into logical groups, projects, or concurrent arcs.

#Aeon timeline in scrivner series

I discovered this timelining tool fairly recently, during my short-lived attempt at NaNoWriMo this year. S cribblecode, the makers of the tool, describe it as: “more than a series of events on a never-ending line.

#Aeon timeline in scrivner full version

I ended up buying the full version after a week’s use, I think, and it really will not break the bank. The only thing I wish for, and I think the folks at Literature and Latte are sick of hearing this from a million rabid users, is an iOS version so I could use it on my iPad! I think in non-linear chunks now.ĭownload the demo and see if it works for you. Of course, your mileage may vary, but having that visual overview of where I am, without having to scroll through pages and pages, is invaluable. But with Scrivener, there’s just something about the layout of the chapter and scene structure that really works for me I’m freed up to jump from scene to scene. It’s daft in Word, of course I could easily have simply started a new page and just moved on to the next scene, but somehow I rarely did.

Not that there’s anything wrong with it, if that’s the way you roll, but I used to find that if I was stuck in a difficult scene, the whole novel would grind to a halt.

#Aeon timeline in scrivner trial

A couple of years back, I downloaded a trial version of Scrivener, and suddenly I was freed from the linear writing shackles. Perhaps the two are connected I’m not sure, but I suspect so. I always used to write in Word - short stories, my first couple of novels, school exercises, non-fiction bits… I also used to write linearly: start at the beginning and write all the way through to the end. It’s a combination word processor and project management tool that keeps everything for a particular project in one place: writing (innumerable versions thereof), research, media, notes, images, you name it.

#Aeon timeline in scrivner for mac

I’m running Windows 8.1 I believe most of these are available for Mac (if not originally designed for Mac!), but don’t quote me on that.įrom the horse’s mouth: “Scrivener is a powerful content-generation tool for writers that allows you to concentrate on composing and structuring long and difficult documents.” From my mouth: it’s awesome.

#Aeon timeline in scrivner software

Below I’ve listed some of the bits of software I perpetually have open on my laptop right now, as I revise the aforementioned new novel (it’s going swimmingly!). (BTW, I don’t see a deadline for the special offer, but the Winterfest page does say “This brief special offer may end without notice,” so make haste, if you’re interested!)Īhem: wonder if any of these would make good Christmas presents for the writer in your life?!Īnyway, back to the topic of my favourite writing tools. Busy in real life, I guess: travelling a lot for my previous job, then changing jobs, writing another novel… But I digress). And then just this morning I got an email from the lovely people at Aeon Timeline software, telling me about this fab Winterfest promotion: 25% off seven “artisanal software” tools, including Scrivener and the aforementioned Aeon Timeline.

It’s funny, for a while I’ve been thinking about writing a post on the topic of my favourite writing tools (well, any post!! I’ve been awfully quiet in here, I know.