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Installing Scrivener 3 Beta On Your Chromebook

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on February 16, 2019

A few months ago, I wrote about how you can install Scrivener on your Chromebook. It’s a great solution if you want to take advantage of the power of Scrivener combined with the superior battery life and portability of some of the more lightweight Chromebooks (or just want to run Windows apps on your Chromebook). […]

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How To Install Scrivener On A Chromebook

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on October 21, 2018May 30, 2020

May 2020 Update: The Scrivener installation process described below remains generally the same. Today, several additional software packages are installed as part of the process, which are not documented in the screenshots or video in this post. For several years now, Scrivener has been my go-to application for writing my fiction. I like how everything […]

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The Online Writing Log June Update

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on June 19, 2018

Summer is finally here and with it, a packed updated to the Online Writing Log. Although not everything is visible or available within the app itself yet, it’ll be soon! Since the last update, I’ve been pretty busy with new features, updates and fixes. Here’s a brief list of what’s new. A new initial setup […]

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A First Look At The Genre Writing App

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on December 27, 2017

If you’re a writer, chances are you have a favorite app you use for writing, whether it’s Word, Scrivener, Evernote or one of the multitudes of other apps out there. Obviously, we all have our own preferred way of getting our writing done, one way or another. However, no app is perfect. I know I […]

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How To Track Your Nanowrimo Writing

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on October 28, 2017October 28, 2017

In just a few days from now, thousands of writers around the world will embark on a writing adventure. They will spend a whole month writing, their goal to finish their novel or reach 50000 words. Some spend months preparing, others just sit down and write. I’ve done both. This year, I’m not yet sure […]

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Adding Writing Activities And Tracking Your Progress In OWL

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on October 10, 2017October 10, 2017

The last three posts I wrote about the Online Writing Log primarily covered how to use and set OWL up. I’ve shown you how to navigate around OWL, how to set up a project and how to add a monthly goal. In this post, I’ll cover how to add activities to OWL and how to […]

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Setting Monthly Goals With OWL

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on October 6, 2017October 5, 2017

All writers have goals, whether it be publishing their book or just finishing their story. Many of the writers I know also set monthly goals, subdivided into daily goals. For some, it’s an accountability measure, a way to make sure that they write every day. Then, there are always the competitive bunch that always strive […]

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How To Create A Project In OWL

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on October 5, 2017October 5, 2017

Since tracking activities is what this app does, whether it be writing or editing, it felt appropriate to add a way to associate these activities with the actual project you’re working on. That way, together with the goals you set, you have a way to see if you’re actually working on your project or keep […]

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How To Use The Online Writing Log

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on October 4, 2017October 4, 2017

With the beta of the Online Writing Log about to open to the public soon, I figured it would be a good to explain how you, the user, would use the app. That way, when the time comes, you’re ready and know what to click. This post is the first of all series of four […]

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The Online Writing Log – An Update And Preparing for Beta Testing

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on September 28, 2017

For the last couple of months, as some of you may know, I’ve been busy creating the Online Writing Log (affectionately called OWL). OWL originally was a project I envisioned early last year during one of the many late nights I was logging my writing stats for the day. At the time, I just didn’t […]