Back to: Jump Into Scrivener 3 for Mac: A Mini-Course for Scrivener 2 Users
- In Scrivener for iOS, open the left side-panel and then navigate back until you reach the root level (where the list of projects appear). Tap the 'Edit' option in the top-left corner of the panel, then tap the 'Settings' option (looks like a gear) in the bottom-right corner.
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- If you have employees and you want them to use Scrivener, you will need multiple licences (we have volume discounts available). For the details, read the full licence agreement. If you are looking for instructions on how to install Scrivener on multiple computers, select the.
- Scrivener 3 is currently available for MacOS, with a Windows version in development. Scrivener 3 costs $45 for new customers. If you purchased an older version of Scrivener at a date later than August 20th 2017, Scrivener 3 is available as a free upgrade. If you purchased an older version of Scrivener prior to August 20th 2017, Scrivener is.
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If you don't already have Scrivener 3 on your Mac, you'll need to download and install it. To do that, you have two choices: Installing it from the Mac App Store, or installing it directly from Literature & Latte's website.
While Apple makes installing from the App Store very easy, it forces you to take extra steps to get upgrade discounts, doesn't allow access to the 30-use free trial, may prevent certain features from working, and sometimes delays Scrivener updates. (For more info, check out this post on Literature & Latte's support site.)
Installing Scrivener directly from Literature & Latte's website is not quite a simple as installing via the App Store, but I think it's worth it, especially since it means Literature & Latte keeps more of the money. (And for a fantastic app at such a good price, I think they should get to keep it all.)
NOTE: If you currently have Scrivener 2 installed, Literature & Latte recommends that you delete Scrivener 2 before downloading Scrivener 3. This will not delete your Scrivener projects. If you want to run both versions side by side (maybe to finish up a current project in version 2), or import your Scrivener 2 preferences (many, but not all, of them will copy over), check out L&L's upgrade guide.
Installing via the Mac App Store
Downloading Scrivener through the Mac App store is easier, but Apple has no way of providing the upgrade discount for those who purchased Scrivener 2 through the app store. Nor does it share purchaser info with Literature & Latte (the company behind Scrivener), so they can't automatically send you a coupon. To get the upgrade discount, you can email L&L with proof of purchase for a previous version of Scrivener and they'll send you a coupon to purchase Scrivener 3 through them directly at the reduced rate (see 'Downloading (and Optionally) Purchasing the Scrivener Software' below).
To add Scrivener through the Mac App Store, do the following.
- Open the App Store.
- Search for Scrivener. (Make sure the developer is Literature & Latte. There are some look-alikes out there trying to trick you.)
- Click the button to purchase Scrivener.
The App Store handles downloading, installing, and registering Scrivener.
If you're installing Scrivener through the Mac App store, you can skip the remainder of this lesson.
Downloading (and Optionally) Purchasing the Scrivener Software
The free trial of Scrivener is the full version of the software, but it expires after 30 uses if you don't provide a serial number as proof of purchase. You can either download the software to try before you buy (as outlined below), or go directly to purchase (step 5) to buy your serial number. If you haven't done it already, here's how to download the Scrivener software to your computer.
- Go to https://www.literatureandlatte.com.
- Click the Buy Now button if you're ready to buy, or the Download Free Trial button if you want to wait and try it out first. If you're waiting to purchase, skip to step 5.
- For those purchasing, if you're an existing Scrivener user, click the 'Upgrade from an older version' link to get the software for $25. You'll need the email address you used to purchase your previous version of Scrivener in order to confirm the discount. If you're new to Scrivener, click Add to Basket.
- Once the purchase goes though, you'll receive a confirmation page and an email with the link to download the free trial, and the serial number to use to remove the expiration date.
- Click the link to download the file.
The Scrivener.dmg file downloads to your computer, most likely to your Downloads folder.
Installing Scrivener
Here's how to install Scrivener once you've downloaded the file.
- Click the Scrivener.dmg file in your Downloads folder in the Dock, or double-click it from a Finder window.
- Read through the license agreement and click Agree if you want to continue to install.
- Drag the Scrivener icon onto the Applications folder icon. Scrivener installs.
- You can now open Scrivener from the Dock if an icon appeared there, from the Applications folder in Finder, or from Launchpad.
Registering/Paying for Scrivener
The free trial gives you 30 uses (opening and closing the software=1 use) before it expires. When you're ready to commit—and to stop getting that pesky warning message when you first open the software—you'll need to purchase a registration code as shown in the steps below. Upon payment, you'll receive a registration code via email with your unique serial number in the following format:
SCRIV3MAC001-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
TIP: Save the serial number and name you registered under in a safe place. You'll need both again if you install Scrivener on an additional computer in your household (must also be a Mac), or if you have to reinstall after a hard drive failure, etc.
To register your copy, do the following.
- Open Scrivener.
You should get a 'Scrivener is unregistered!' text box prompting you to pay and register. (If not, go to Scrivener>Registration.) If you let it go to the end, you'll receive a notice that the trial has expired and you must purchase the software to continue using it. - If you've already purchased Scrivener, click Enter License. Otherwise, click Buy Online and go through steps 2-4 in 'Downloading (and Optionally) Purchasing the Scrivener Software' above.
- In the Serial Number text box, enter the serial number (or copy and paste from your confirmation email).
- Click Register.
Once your information is authenticated, you can begin using Scrivener immediately, and you won't receive the prompt to register anymore.
Video Review – 2:27 mins
One of the most popular parts of Scrivener is the ability to use, create and modify the way things work, so as to improve the way you use Scrivener.
However, once you've found the best layout, font, and or functions, saving them as a scrivener template allows you to re-access them when you start a new project.
Scrivener templates are fantastic for helping us writers structure our work, make and refer back to notes as we write, and to keep all our research for a project in one place.
So, how about getting your hands on scrivener templates that have already been created for your use?
Read on to discover –
- Access to a professionally designed fiction template
- Downloadable non-fiction template
- List of other free scrivener templates
- How to install a Scrivener template
- How to create your own
Also, if you'd like to download our free professionally designed Scrivener Templates, just click here!
Scrivener Templates For Fiction
If you want to use a template for your fiction project, you have basically two options – use an existing template or create your own.
The advantages to using a pre-made fiction template are that –
- You don't need to know how to create templates on Scrivener
- The story structure is provided for you, so you only have to write
- You may be inspired by something found in a template which you wouldn't have otherwise thought of
In its simplest form, a fiction template consists of folders for chapters, an outline, a place for your research, and blank front matter to make it easy to export and format your fiction project.
At the other end of the scale, complex fiction templates exist which help you to follow advanced techniques such as the snowflake method.
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It's worth taking the time to try out several templates rather than settling for the first one you come across. Experiment to find the right option for your needs and make changes as you see fit. One of the great things about Scrivener is how quick and easy it is to modify or entirely remove parts of a template you don't find useful. Amplitube 5.
Scrivener Templates For Nonfiction
Nonfiction Scrivener templates are often a lot simpler than their fiction counterparts.
This is due to the fact that while a fiction project may require a complex story structure, with the word count carefully distributed among a three act structure for maximum impact, a nonfiction project almost always consists of a series of chapters, without any particular need to think about flow or chapter length.
The essential elements of a nonfiction template for Scrivener are a place to outline your work, separate folders for each chapter, a place to store your research (possibly divided into topics or themes), a place to take notes, and the front matter ready for when you export.
List of Other Templates To Download
Below is a collection of other author's templates for you to use:
Novel Templates:
Scrivener 3 Torrent
Story Structured Stylized Fiction Novel Templates:
Blogging Templates for Scrivener:
Academic and Research Templates
While Apple makes installing from the App Store very easy, it forces you to take extra steps to get upgrade discounts, doesn't allow access to the 30-use free trial, may prevent certain features from working, and sometimes delays Scrivener updates. (For more info, check out this post on Literature & Latte's support site.)
Installing Scrivener directly from Literature & Latte's website is not quite a simple as installing via the App Store, but I think it's worth it, especially since it means Literature & Latte keeps more of the money. (And for a fantastic app at such a good price, I think they should get to keep it all.)
NOTE: If you currently have Scrivener 2 installed, Literature & Latte recommends that you delete Scrivener 2 before downloading Scrivener 3. This will not delete your Scrivener projects. If you want to run both versions side by side (maybe to finish up a current project in version 2), or import your Scrivener 2 preferences (many, but not all, of them will copy over), check out L&L's upgrade guide.
Installing via the Mac App Store
Downloading Scrivener through the Mac App store is easier, but Apple has no way of providing the upgrade discount for those who purchased Scrivener 2 through the app store. Nor does it share purchaser info with Literature & Latte (the company behind Scrivener), so they can't automatically send you a coupon. To get the upgrade discount, you can email L&L with proof of purchase for a previous version of Scrivener and they'll send you a coupon to purchase Scrivener 3 through them directly at the reduced rate (see 'Downloading (and Optionally) Purchasing the Scrivener Software' below).
To add Scrivener through the Mac App Store, do the following.
- Open the App Store.
- Search for Scrivener. (Make sure the developer is Literature & Latte. There are some look-alikes out there trying to trick you.)
- Click the button to purchase Scrivener.
The App Store handles downloading, installing, and registering Scrivener.
If you're installing Scrivener through the Mac App store, you can skip the remainder of this lesson.
Downloading (and Optionally) Purchasing the Scrivener Software
The free trial of Scrivener is the full version of the software, but it expires after 30 uses if you don't provide a serial number as proof of purchase. You can either download the software to try before you buy (as outlined below), or go directly to purchase (step 5) to buy your serial number. If you haven't done it already, here's how to download the Scrivener software to your computer.
- Go to https://www.literatureandlatte.com.
- Click the Buy Now button if you're ready to buy, or the Download Free Trial button if you want to wait and try it out first. If you're waiting to purchase, skip to step 5.
- For those purchasing, if you're an existing Scrivener user, click the 'Upgrade from an older version' link to get the software for $25. You'll need the email address you used to purchase your previous version of Scrivener in order to confirm the discount. If you're new to Scrivener, click Add to Basket.
- Once the purchase goes though, you'll receive a confirmation page and an email with the link to download the free trial, and the serial number to use to remove the expiration date.
- Click the link to download the file.
The Scrivener.dmg file downloads to your computer, most likely to your Downloads folder.
Installing Scrivener
Here's how to install Scrivener once you've downloaded the file.
- Click the Scrivener.dmg file in your Downloads folder in the Dock, or double-click it from a Finder window.
- Read through the license agreement and click Agree if you want to continue to install.
- Drag the Scrivener icon onto the Applications folder icon. Scrivener installs.
- You can now open Scrivener from the Dock if an icon appeared there, from the Applications folder in Finder, or from Launchpad.
Registering/Paying for Scrivener
The free trial gives you 30 uses (opening and closing the software=1 use) before it expires. When you're ready to commit—and to stop getting that pesky warning message when you first open the software—you'll need to purchase a registration code as shown in the steps below. Upon payment, you'll receive a registration code via email with your unique serial number in the following format:
SCRIV3MAC001-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
TIP: Save the serial number and name you registered under in a safe place. You'll need both again if you install Scrivener on an additional computer in your household (must also be a Mac), or if you have to reinstall after a hard drive failure, etc.
To register your copy, do the following.
- Open Scrivener.
You should get a 'Scrivener is unregistered!' text box prompting you to pay and register. (If not, go to Scrivener>Registration.) If you let it go to the end, you'll receive a notice that the trial has expired and you must purchase the software to continue using it. - If you've already purchased Scrivener, click Enter License. Otherwise, click Buy Online and go through steps 2-4 in 'Downloading (and Optionally) Purchasing the Scrivener Software' above.
- In the Serial Number text box, enter the serial number (or copy and paste from your confirmation email).
- Click Register.
Once your information is authenticated, you can begin using Scrivener immediately, and you won't receive the prompt to register anymore.
Video Review – 2:27 mins
One of the most popular parts of Scrivener is the ability to use, create and modify the way things work, so as to improve the way you use Scrivener.
However, once you've found the best layout, font, and or functions, saving them as a scrivener template allows you to re-access them when you start a new project.
Scrivener templates are fantastic for helping us writers structure our work, make and refer back to notes as we write, and to keep all our research for a project in one place.
So, how about getting your hands on scrivener templates that have already been created for your use?
Read on to discover –
- Access to a professionally designed fiction template
- Downloadable non-fiction template
- List of other free scrivener templates
- How to install a Scrivener template
- How to create your own
Also, if you'd like to download our free professionally designed Scrivener Templates, just click here!
Scrivener Templates For Fiction
If you want to use a template for your fiction project, you have basically two options – use an existing template or create your own.
The advantages to using a pre-made fiction template are that –
- You don't need to know how to create templates on Scrivener
- The story structure is provided for you, so you only have to write
- You may be inspired by something found in a template which you wouldn't have otherwise thought of
In its simplest form, a fiction template consists of folders for chapters, an outline, a place for your research, and blank front matter to make it easy to export and format your fiction project.
At the other end of the scale, complex fiction templates exist which help you to follow advanced techniques such as the snowflake method.
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It's worth taking the time to try out several templates rather than settling for the first one you come across. Experiment to find the right option for your needs and make changes as you see fit. One of the great things about Scrivener is how quick and easy it is to modify or entirely remove parts of a template you don't find useful. Amplitube 5.
Scrivener Templates For Nonfiction
Nonfiction Scrivener templates are often a lot simpler than their fiction counterparts.
This is due to the fact that while a fiction project may require a complex story structure, with the word count carefully distributed among a three act structure for maximum impact, a nonfiction project almost always consists of a series of chapters, without any particular need to think about flow or chapter length.
The essential elements of a nonfiction template for Scrivener are a place to outline your work, separate folders for each chapter, a place to store your research (possibly divided into topics or themes), a place to take notes, and the front matter ready for when you export.
List of Other Templates To Download
Below is a collection of other author's templates for you to use:
Novel Templates:
Scrivener 3 Torrent
Story Structured Stylized Fiction Novel Templates:
Blogging Templates for Scrivener:
Academic and Research Templates
Outlining and Structuring Templates
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Other
How To Use and Install A Scrivener Template
After you download a Scrivener template, you will see a file which has the extension .scrivtemplate.
Microsoft office 2016 15 40 – popular productivity suite 2020. When you open Scrivener to start a new project, click on options, like in the image below.
When the Options menu opens, click ‘import templates', like in the image below.
After you open your Scrivener template file, it will open in Scrivener as a new project. You can then proceed to work as normal.
How To Make Your Own Scrivener Template
Making a Scrivener template requires no specialist knowledge. If you can use Scrivener, you can create a template. Template creation takes place within the main Scrivener software.
To create a template, simply set up a project the way you want, ensuring that the actual content is left blank. For example, you would create all of your folders, cork board cards, and texts, without actually filling in any of the information. So if you had a research folder, it wouldn't actually contain any research. You want to make sure that the icons are changed to the most useful and appropriate options, that the trash is empty and all of the meta data is clean.
When you are sure you have followed the above steps, it's time to convert the project into a template. In the main file menu, you will notice the option ‘save as template'. Warning! Save as template is separate from the main ‘save as' section, situated lower on the menu.
After you have saved your project as a template, you will have a file in the format .scrivtemplate. You can then easily open this in your own version of Scrivener for future use, or share it with others.
How to Modify Scrivener Templates
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Sometimes, you'll find a Scrivener template which is more or less what you're looking for but contains aspects you don't need or is missing something you do need.
If that's the case, it's super easy to modify the template and save it as your very own. Before getting started on the actual project (in order to keep the content blank), delete, add or change the parts you want, then click ‘save as template'. This will give you the exact, customized Scrivener template you need.
Some of the things you may want to consider switching up include –
- The icons used (consider your own system of icons and color coding)
- The notes on the corkboard (check these fit your requirements first)
- The way the research is divided up (your project probably has specific research needs)
- The style of the front matter (perhaps you don't want a dedication page, for example)
Once you've made all of your modifications, and clicked ‘save as template', you will be the proud owner of a customized .scrivtemplate file which you can use time and time again without having to repeat the same modifications.
Scrivener Template Takeaways
By now, we've learned that –
- Scrivener templates are available for almost any type of writing project
- You can use Scrivener templates to allow you to focus on writing
- Scrivener templates can be adjusted to your needs and easily saved
What are some of your favorite ways to use Scrivener templates? Do you prefer to avoid them altogether? Let us know in the comments!
