SOFTWARE

Thinking of submitting your manuscript or essay to a journal or press? How will you format your submission?

Watch the video to learn the basics of Scrivener and InDesign.

Submitting your work to a contest, press, or journal is no simple matter. Among researching where your work is best placed, you also have to pay acute attention to how your submission looks. What do I mean by this? I mean how your work is formatted.

If you want to make it and stay in the "yes" pile, an attractive format is needed for your work. And this doesn't happen through Mircosoft Word. Today, the majority of presses and journals use a software called InDesign to format their final publications.

InDesign is an Abode software used to create design layouts for books, journals, etc. It's programed to use print colors, page formats. and print that function within the work of print documents. Microsoft Word does none of this and isn’t well respected in the priting industry because of its graphic and formatting limitations.

To combat the learning curve on InDesign, watch the video above to learn a basic understanding of its functions.

To get a step-by-step guide for basic functions of InDesign, click the link below.

To save money, Abode allows a 30-day free trial of the software here.

InDesign

Benefits

Formatting capabilities

Campability with printers

Well-respected in publishing

Drawbacks

Expensive

Learning curve

Harder to edit text

Scrivener

InDesign How-To

Scrivener How-To

No matter your skill level as a writer, the tools you use can affect your products and Microsoft Word isn't that tool.

Scrivener, though known for manuscripts and script-writing, works for all kinds of writing: blog posts to podcast prep, from sales copy to speeches.

It has a composition mode free from distractions. When writing, Scrivener gives a nothing but a single column of text. Scrivener was specficially written for writers. It offers features like a variety of views: document, cork board, and outline.Statistical tools: word counts, and the ability to set and track word count goals. The ability to split the screen. And an inspector window allowing a writer to take notes, track status, link to articles, etc.

Lastly, It allows for a variety of export options: it can export to numerous formats. Thsi is for the benefit of publishers and editors alike. Submission formatting requirements for papers and essays and poems are now at the tip of your finger tips with Scrivener.

To combat the learning curve on Scriver, watch the video above to learn a basic understanding of its functions.
To get a step-by-step guide for basic functions of Scrivener, click the link below.
To save money, Scrivener allows a free trial of the software here.

Benefits

Works for all kinds of writing

Distraction free composition mode

multiple exporting options

Drawbacks

Expensive

Learning curve

Limitations on document/page views