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Post by Pru Freda on Apr 25, 2014 22:47:39 GMT -5
There's probably a really simple answer to this question, but I'm so used to doing it the yWriter way, I can't see it.
How do I move scenes from one chapter to another in Scriv? I've tried dragging and dropping - and I just seem to lose them. Also, how to I create a new scene without duplicating one already there?
Lastly, I'm using the Windows version. Can I see all the scene cards in the project (or at least most of them, there's 36) as a storyboard, so I can move them around?
Thanks in advance and sorry for being such a techno-numpty.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2014 23:55:28 GMT -5
Hey, lynda, I might be able to help with this. First, addressing the corkboard question (the scene cards you referred to): No, I don't think you can see all of them at once - if you can, I'm not sure how to do it yet. It's also possible that you can do this in the Mac version and that the ability to do it in Windows is coming. (Both versions will have identical features before the end of 2014.) It is possible to move the scene cards around, but only within the chapter selected - as far as I know. I will research this further for you, because I would LOVE to storyboard this way, too.
Moving the scenes between chapters is easy, but it's a fine movement that is not the most intuitive. Within the binder (the list of chapters and scenes on the left of the screen), grab and drag the scene you want to move up or down to the chapter you wish to relocate it to. You will note that the various scenes and chapter folders highlight as your cursor moves over them. Less obvious is the slender line that appears in the brief moment when your cursor hovers between two scenes. When you get to the scene adjacent to where you want the scene you're dragging to go, move the cursor so that it rests between the adjacent scene and whatever is above or below it, until you see a line between. Drop the scene you're dragging right there, and it should be where you want it to be.
I hope that is comprehensible, and that it gives you the information you actually wanted.
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Post by Pru Freda on Apr 26, 2014 0:42:36 GMT -5
Leebee! You are my new best friend.  I'd seen that line and not realised what it was for, ending up with stacked scenes, which is how they'd disappeared. Good to know that we might have the storyboard function by the end of the year. It would make my life a whole lot easier to have it right now. Thank you. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2014 0:45:01 GMT -5
Leebee! You are my new best friend. I'd seen that line and not realised what it was for, ending up with stacked scenes, which is how they'd disappeared. Good to know that we might have the storyboard function by the end of the year. It would make my life a whole lot easier to have it right now. Thank you. You're welcome! Glad I could help. |
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Post by Daniel on Apr 26, 2014 19:04:01 GMT -5
I'm using the Windows version too. When I read the question about rearranging the cork board, I thought, "Of course you can!" Then I realized I write the first draft as scenes and don't group them into chapters until just before I send the book out to beta readers.
It might drive you crazy to have a manuscript with nothing but a scene list and no chapters, but that's one way to get all of the cards on one cork board.
ETA: It might also help you to know that you can drag cards from the cork board to the binder in the left pane. That lets you quickly move scenes from one chapter to another. As LeeBee said, just watch out for those insertion points.
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