Comments on: Editorial-style ‘Story Budget’ For Blogging

By: cydonia16

cydonia16 — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:31:54 +0000

This program sounds like it could be very useful. The t-shirt in the picture reminds me of a t-shirt I saw someone wearing once which featured entire editorial articles from beginning to end about various government conspiracies. It was a strange site and I’m assuming it must have been custom made.

By: JoshuaRJones

JoshuaRJones — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:59:11 +0000

I would have to quote Merlin Mann on this one. If your busy, and have a working system already, don't spend the time trying to adapt a new one. It will only slow you down.

The main reason Scrivener was easy for me to adopt with my blog was because I had used it before. So I already knew how I could plot out my Story Budget using Scrivener, and make it work well for me.

To each his own, eh? =)

By: Rich Chuckrey

Rich Chuckrey — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:21:08 +0000

Right on Joshua. Thanks! How about if I work on multiple blog posts at once?
Say, 5-10 posts at a time?

By: Scott Jarkoff

Scott Jarkoff — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:41:09 +0000

I've looked in to playing around with Scrivener but never found it suits my needs. Based on your later comment I can definitely see how this is a valuable tool for someone in your position.

Like Rich, I manage with MarsEdit (for the posting) but use Word (for the composition) as opposed to Google Docs. As much as I like web-based tools, for some reason I find myself far more productive in Word than I do in Google Docs and other similar offerings.

By: JoshuaRJones

JoshuaRJones — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:32:31 +0000

If you juggle multiple writing projects, than yeah. Its very customizable (ie. If you write for a client that requires it to be a .doc format, and to have a certain font styling, Scrivener "remembers" and handles that part for you)

If you are only using it for one blog, than its a waste of money. Its geared more towards writers than bloggers I think, but I've always used it to organize my research and write papers, so it comes easy to me.

MarsEdit is great and I have yet to find any blogging software that can kill its power.

By: Rich Chuckrey

Rich Chuckrey — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:22:38 +0000

Thanks, Joshua. I use Marsedit and a Google Doc for my budget. I checked out Scrivener, but got stuck on the cost – $40? Is it worth the cash?

By: JoshuaRJones

JoshuaRJones — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:01:01 +0000

Good post, and I know of a few bloggers that need to read this over. I use Scrivener to manage my posts. May not be the best system in place, but it does help me manage links, photo, and research for my posts.