On Thursday, February 22, from 4 to 5:30 pm, Victoria Phillips (student in the M.A. Program in Biography and Memoir and noted author) will be conducting and hosting a Zoom talk and workshop with Gwen Hernandez, author of Scrivener for Dummies. Described as “everyone’s favorite writing software,” Scrivener has been a game-changer for my own students (and me); I especially like how it helps writers become more focused, accountable and productive in their writing habits , and allows them (us) to organize narratives and chapters, move around characters and scenes, or finesse dialogue and ideas.

If you’re interested in joining this workshop, please email ozmaofoz1960@gmail.com.

In order to get the most out of this workshop, students must do a bit of homework: download and install Scrivener, which can be used thirty times before you will be asked to pay. The free manual can be found here. After playing with the software, think about your writing process (e.g., where you fall on the plotting spectrum), and what types of tools would be most helpful to support it. Then submit questions for Gail to Victoria at ozmaofoz1960@gmail.com by 21 February. If there is time remaining, new questions will be answered. For anyone interested, Victoria will hold an optional session on February 19th at 5pm EST on Zoom to take people through the downloading process and help formulate basic questions (very!). Link for Feb 19: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2211177555?pwd=RzJ6TTM4SU1hZ1VBdXRDUGtoc0Vodz09&omn=87666899089.

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