{"id":7027,"date":"2015-01-18T18:41:26","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T18:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lantern.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/?p=7027"},"modified":"2015-08-20T10:03:06","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T10:03:06","slug":"scrivener-for-keeping-phd-work-organised-and-tidy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lantern.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/?p=7027","title":{"rendered":"Scrivener for keeping PhD work organised and tidy"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is just to share my\u00a0discovery that has helped me immensely in my work and that\u00a0I hope will be of use to others.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

One of the main challenges that I have faced in my PhD so far was\u00a0keeping my PhD work organised and tidy. Before, I used to keep everything on my laptop in one folder proudly titled ‘PhD’. However, very soon\u00a0the folder\u00a0turned into a real mess and I noticed that I started loosing track of what I had in it. Looking for a solution, I by chance came across Scrivener, a programme originally designed for novel writers. That day changed my life. Ok, let’s be modest, it changed my life as a PhD student.<\/p>\n

The basic idea of Scrivener is that it allows creating\u00a0big projects like novels with multiple sub-documents like chapters, scenes, etc. inside a single file.\u00a0Of course, I am not writing a novel\u00a0but all my transcripts, reflections, reading notes, etc. needed some overarching structure and I thought why not put them together as a single book.<\/p>\n

I’ve been using Scrivener for my PhD work for half a year already and here are my highlights:<\/p>\n

1. It indeed helps me to be more organised and tidy in my work.<\/p>\n

2. It helps me\u00a0see the progress and stay positive. I see how new ‘chapters’ get added to my ‘book’, and this reassures me that I am indeed progressing and sooner or later will be able to put\u00a080,000-word manuscript on the table.<\/p>\n

3. Scrivener allows integrating audio with word processor, which makes transcribing easier.<\/p>\n

4. Scrivener is a computer based programme so I don’t need to worry that my data is\u00a0somewhere there in the ‘clouds’.<\/p>\n

5. The programme has a fantastic distraction free composition mode, which I found helps me to speed up in my writing.<\/p>\n

6. …<\/p>\n

7. …<\/p>\n

I have a lot to say about Scrivener but will say no more. I really do not want to sound like a sales person. I’ll just leave\u00a0the link: http:\/\/www.literatureandlatte.com\/scrivener.php<\/a>\u00a0and let you explore the programme yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is just to share my\u00a0discovery that has helped me immensely in my work and that\u00a0I hope will be of use to others.\u00a0 One of the main challenges that I have faced in my PhD so far was\u00a0keeping my PhD work organised and tidy. Before, I used to keep everything on my laptop in one folder proudly titled ‘PhD’. However, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p865eh-1Pl","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lantern.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7027"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lantern.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lantern.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lantern.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lantern.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7027"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lantern.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8291,"href":"https:\/\/lantern.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7027\/revisions\/8291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lantern.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lantern.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lantern.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}