Scrivener is great when you want to mess around within scenes. But what about when you need a visual timeline for your novel?

Here are a few of the points Kim touches on:

• Excel can be a great tool to use alongside Scrivener for visually organizing your story.
• You can use Excel to list events that happened before your story begins and to plot your novel scene-by-scene.
• As you write, check off completed scenes on a printout of the spreadsheet so you know exactly where you are in your story.
• Use the spreadsheet to track what your protagonist knows and what the other characters know.

Watch the 2-minute video for more of Kim’s advice:
https://youtu.be/QpPgA714HvA?si=PiZf-j8PV2xjJs96

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