Where do you save and organize your research and notes for your book?
What are the best ways to consolidate your information for easy access?
Use Evernote for Research.
Use Dropbox to secure your manuscript and important documents.
Use Scrivener to create your amazing book.
Has your computer ever died, been lost or stolen? Then you know the panicking fear it can bring when you have important documents and photos on your computer. What if it held the only copy of your book?
Where and how do you organize your notes and research for your book? Maybe you have a notebook you have been writing ideas, folders on your browser with some support information, you have emails about research or your book cover, and maybe you have interviewed people for your book. There are slips of paper or legal pads here and there.
What is the best way to bring all these ideas into one place and distill them down into your incredible book?
I use three programs to keep my life and my book organized. On today’s show, I share how each one can help you with your writing projects. The great thing is you can create a system to keep all your information easily accessible.
Episode #103 -> Top Three Ways To Organize Your Research with Joyce Glass, Tips From #TheWriteCoach #TheWriteHour
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Evernote Benefits:
Control Email Clutter
TAGS!!Evernote Web ClipperSyncs with other appsShare Notebooks with othersTake Pictures - Scan Documents Record AudioDropbox Benefits:
If your laptop/computer is stolen or destroyed you retain a copy of your work.
If you accidentally delete a file in Dropbox, you can restore it for 30 days. Save video and audio files are too big for Evernote.IF your computer is ever stolen, log into Dropbox, and pull the files off the computer and revoke access to your account from that computer. You control your information. How To Use Dropbox:
1) Remember it is simply a folder on your computer
2) You can put as many folders as you want in Dropbox (There is a 2G limit for free version)
3) Save your Word, Pages, and/or Scrivener files to Dropbox to sync across all devices, and to keep your work safe.
4) Download Dropbox to your computer. Sign up for an account. Save Dropbox to your favorites in your folder for easy access.
5) When you create any document, you simply choose the Dropbox folder to put your info inside of instead of saving to your computer folder.
Scrivener Benefits:
Easier to organize your work and notes.Tracks word count progressCorkboard feature - see your progress at a glanceConverts your book into iBooks or Kindle digital formats.Syncs with Dropbox to use on different devices - tablets and all computers Episode Highlights
02:28 How Evernote helps with research
11:30 Use Dropbox to protect your manuscript.
16:41 Scrivener best tool to use to write your book!
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