Scrivener for Windows

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I’m done reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, but I need to do my writeup. I am planning 2 blog posts for that. Maybe more if I feel like expounding more. Today, I want to talk about Scrivener, though.

I heard of Scrivener when I did NaNoWriMo in 2009. It looked interesting, but as it was only for Mac, I couldn’t do anything with it. I may be in IT, but I haven’t been able to justify getting a Mac yet.

Then, as NaNo 2010 was gearing up, I heard that there was a Windows Beta starting. Great! Except that I do most of my writing on a Dell Mini 9 netbook with Ubuntu Linux. As NaNo progressed, I noticed that they had a Linux version! Great! But I didn’t want to take the time to figure out how to get it to work during NaNo, so I waited till afterwords. As I look back on it, I wish I had noticed that Linux port from the start. Its features make it a lot easier to work in for writing, as compared to Word or OpenOffice.

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – Chapters 1-5

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Chapter 1

This chapter could probably be titled as a Prologue. Only in the sense that all other chapters in the book are from Harry’s perspective, and if I was writing it, I might do it that way.

I do like that there are 2 POVs though. JKR did very well giving us the impression of how the Dursley’s view the world: normal and abnormal. And we only see small glimpses of the abnormal. That is better, because then there is plenty of room to grow through the rest of the book. Even though the magical does get introduced fairly quickly.

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Readthrough

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is the first in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. It was published in 1997 by Scholastic here in the US.

I wanted to read through Harry because, in some form, it’s similar to what I want to be writing: young man who ends up in a large adventure. Although, mine doesn’t have a separate magical world.

I’m not sure what else to say. I enjoy the story, and think that (as a first book) it’s well written. The story itself is engaging, and keeps moving. These days, that is important to a story. Modern novels keep the suspense going, the action is moving at a fairly consistent pace.

Beware, there will probably be spoilers. So if you haven’t read it, you might not want to read my Readthrough.

I will be abbreviating the title in the future. Look for the tag HPatSS. Or look under the Harry Potter category.

Still Here

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Wow, over a week later, and I haven’t posted anything. Not what I wanted.

That doesn’t mean I haven’t been trying or working on things. I have 2 or 3 posts in the pipe, with more ideas. Sometimes, it’s just hard to get to this as well as do the reading and writing I want to do.

Hopefully I can have a preliminary Harry Potter post up later tonight, or tomorrow. I might be able to get the first chapter thoughts up as well, we’ll see. The only thing that will hold me back is a writer’s group tonight. It wouldn’t surprise me if I run out of time.

Welcome!

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Welcome to the Hero’s Tale blog! Right now, things are a bit sparse, as I’m only going to be blogging for now. Once the story starts getting posted, I’m hoping there will be more, like some forums for discussion. Maybe more, not completely sure yet. The theme will probably change at some point. I haven’t found one I like.

As for right now. I am going to be reading through a few books and taking notes on them as I go, seeing what I like as a reader, and what I don’t. I’ll be blogging about that as I go along. First up will be Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, I think. Hopefully I’ll have the first one up later this week.