#Scrivener for ios 2017 series#
I am midway through a series of three videos on copywriting with Ray Edwards, and, as well as celebrating – with my husband, artist Stephen Thomas – our 8th wedding anniversary, next week, I’ll be attending two summits: Come training with me!Įvery week, I allocate time to personal training. Invest time – not necessarily money – in your own training. So, I advocate you spend some of your time, not writing. To get published, you’ll need to think about branding – developing your online presence – and marketing … (Oh no, not marketing – yes, marketing!) For some, but not all, of you that means publication. My mission is to encourage you – as a writer – to aim high, to achieve whatever you desire in your writer’s life. Which is why I’m sharing this with you, today! What’s my ‘mission’ as a blogger? We were also better able to decide what to blog about … In short, by the end of the day, we knew what we wanted to achieve via our website and the essential components of that site. Together, we teased out our personal goals, and then focused on how we might present ourselves to our potential readers. It meant we had to articulate our thoughts and share them with others who were on the same wavelength. Where are we going with our writer’s life? She asked us to think about where we wanted to be in one year’s time and in five. Jane challenged us to identify our audience, recognising where they might be – and how we might engage with them. The day was well structured with a mix of presentation, online demonstrations and group discussion work. She stressed the need for planning: deciding what needs to be done online, rather than rushing in and then regretting later when you realise you’ve not joined the dots in a sensible way. Jane’s focus was on the importance of developing a communications strategy in order to create an online presence. The workshop on Sunday was led by Jane Rayner of Lulu Consulting, an environmental and communications specialist with over 10 years experience in the environment sector and over 20 years in journalism, PR and event management. I attended the recent Playwriting course led by Paul Dodgson and am now very much looking forward to my third play ‘When I Have Fears’ being performed on the stage there on 6 July. The programme organisers work hard to steer writers towards publication, whether it be in print, on the screen or on the stage. The BAC programme offers lots of courses and my experience to date is that they understand the needs of writers. It’s simple: I admire what’s available at Bridport Arts Centre.
#Scrivener for ios 2017 how to#
Why go as far as Bridport to learn how to develop an online presence? The fact is, while you can discover a lot by Googling, by watching what others do and copying them, the fast track to grasping essentials is always to learn from those who know enough already to be in a position to teach you what they have mastered. Why did I trek all the way from Salcombe to Bridport – a two-hour journey each way – to hear what I might already know? I already have a website, and a presence on Facebook and Twitter, so you may well ask: Didn’t I have anything better to do on a Sunday? Why did I drive a round trip of 167 miles? The class comprised novel writers, short story writers, a poet, and several bloggers – a truly mixed bunch of writers, all keen to come to grips with the technology of websites, social media opportunities and the mysteries of the Internet. Last Sunday, I attended a full-day workshop. How to develop a writer’s presence online