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That was SO helpful, thank you! I'll definitely have to re-watch this several times to absorb all that info, but you've made it way less intimidating, haha!

Very good short tutorial. Only just started to look at using the software. I use an iMac/iPad combo, so I personally save to a folder on iCloud. Then I can open it on my iPad from the same iCloud Drive. A side effect of this is that it renumbers the project name <proj>-1 <proj>-2 which might be good or bad I guess.

Hi, Im a teenage author that hopes to get traditionally published one day, and I've been binge watching your videos, they are so so helpfull! Honestly, what Im really scared about is writing a manuscript that I love and having it rejected. Sometimes it discourages me when I try to finish my book, but Im really hoping I get an agent one day :). Thanks for this! <3

I love scrivener, but when it comes to formating, its not at all easy, especially if the format you want is Chapter > Scene > Part rather than Part > Chapter > Scene. It's easy enough to drag everything into the right place, but then you basically have to change every configuration and do a custom compiler format to get it printed. Compared to Google docs though is awesome. I basically use scrivener to keep everything organized. If you have any advice for where to keep outlines, that would be appreciated.

Thank you so much for this helpful vid! Now I feel like I can go into the program more confidently!

Hi Lauren, Thank you so much for your video. Does this structure of querying work for children picture books?

I can't believe more people don't talk about Story Genius. Great video

This is kind of a random question, but is there a way to have Scrivener put in specific chapter numbers? I'm part of a writing workshop, and so I submit a few chapters at a time, rather than all at once... and I was hoping to have it start the count from 43 to an epilogue, for example. Does anyone know if there's a way to do that?

Got to the part about the bio and my heart sank. I don't have much of anything to put on there that would really be positive in any way, just a life of failure, fear and anxiety.

Why doesn't this have more views and likes? BRILLIANT content and to the point thank you so much!

When you were talking about Bird by Bird I started crying. Gonna read that for sure

I'm writing my first book and appreciate this video. Thanks!

What is the name of this software? For some reason, I can't see your replies to other people. I hope YT isn't ghosting you somehow.

Thanks so much for this! Great video. You seem to pick great apps, btw. Besides Scrivener, what else do you use? Even the app you use for social media replies looked extra organized. Thank you 😊

Im sorry but the idea that the publishing industry isn’t divers is totally whacked… It’s the absolute MOST diverse industry on the planet with every single agent I’ve ever seen specifically “seeking diverse and female voices.” Hell, a good 1/3 of agents state flat out white males need not apply… 🙄

Where do you go to find an agent? What website

What a share. Thank you for sharing your vulnerabilities as well as your strengths. I appreciate the balance. I've just written my first novel and am thinking of the possible routes of self-publishing or going down a similar path as one you described with querying~agent~editor~publisher. Like your experience with your second book, I wrote my first draft in two weeks and then followed up with revisions for six months. I'm now letting family read it and then will circle into a beta reader group. Would a chance to see if you'd be interested in being one of the Beta readers? Who know anything is possible !!Congrats on all your failure and success 🙂

Amazing story! What a rollercoaster it must’ve been 😭 So what happened to your first book? I might’ve missed the detail but did you get it published finally or still in the works?

Thanks! Made my mind up from your videos. Love it!!

Sad that it’s one of my favorite songs 😢

Never leaving google docs…guess I’ll never get published…or write a book…

Some good points. I'm revamping my tiktok to try and get more viewers and this gave me some good insights. (My best TT has about 30K views, but it took a couple of years to get there).

AWESOME INFORMATION. Thanks

Promise I’m not trying to incite, but have you covered how the Publishing industry is just as interested in the demographics of writers as they are the diversity of work submitted? Looking at some publishing stats, it can seem that it doesnt matter what is submitted if the writer doesnt check a box for them. Seems like a huge hurtle these days, was wondering if this has been your experience at all.

How does one get a great story out into the world if they are not a writer?

I know this may sound like I know nothing about the process. I don't buy I am trying to learn. If you have a literary agent but you do not get an offer for that book, but you write a second novel do you have to query again? Or does the agent you are working with gets the 1st read?

The this video sounds a lot like the Kevin Bacon movie “The Big Picture.” All these Hollywood studio executives are telling him he’s going to be the next big writer/director. Then they change their mind. For no apparent reason.

THANK YOU... This was awesome! You are a tutorial master.

Thank you for this! How did it go with the cover? Did they allow you to use your own cover? Did you use your cover design to help pitch to agents? What's the best way to find agents to query? Thanks again, and a big congratulations!

Congrats on your success! I'm in the same boat now. I just started querying my first novel and i need to do better at connecting with other writers who can help me on my journey.

Great tutorial! ❤

Is 50,000 an acceptable word count for memoir when querying?

Hi, I am just getting started with Scrivener. This is a steep learning curve but your video helps a lot, so thank you! Thanks for the tip on setting Dropbox to save files for back up. However when I go to Dropbox and try to open the Srivener files, it says Scrivener is unsupported and it can't open the files. Just wondering if you have any advice on that. Thanks.

Is snail mail used now or is it better through e--mail?

Thank you so much for this video! The biggest draw back to this software was the learning curve. You really saved me hours. Thank you!

Even established authors are moving to self-publishing. Traditional publishing is going the way of the dinosaur.

Here are the stats regarding the actual number of bestselling authors in the USA: “…I read all the back and forth, which reminded me of an excellent analysis by NPD BookScan’s Kristen McLean, who in 2022 wondered how many books do sell less than a dozen copies. She examined twelve months of sales data for 45,571 frontlist (or current) titles produced by ten major American publishers, and her conclusions were only slightly less alarming than the trial lawyer’s hypothetical: • 0.4% or 163 books sold 100,000 copies or more • 0.7% or 320 books sold between 50,000-99,999 copies • 2.2% or 1,015 books sold between 20,000-49,999 copies • 3.4% or 1,572 books sold between 10,000-19,999 copies • 5.5% or 2,518 books sold between 5,000-9,999 copies • 21.6% or 9,863 books sold between 1,000-4,999 copies • 51.4% or 23,419 sold between 12-999 copies • 14.7% or 6,701 books sold under 12 copies McLean’s numbers don’t include audiobooks or e-books, or sales outside the US. They are nevertheless staggering. Fifteen out of a hundred books published by the most expert, best capitalized publishers in America couldn’t manage to sell more than twelve copies. Do these authors not have families, friends, colleagues? Worse, two-thirds of the books published by the most expert, best capitalized publishers in America sell less than 1,000 copies. We don’t have enough data to determine the average sale of a book in this less-than-1,000 category, but what would you guess? Two-thirds of books released by the best publishers in America sell an average of 600 copies? 700? A mere 6.7 percent of books released by the best publishers in America sell more than 10,000 copies, the level at which the author can expect to earn royalties of maybe $20,000 to $30,000 (before agent commissions). And only 3.3 percent sell more than 20,000 copies, the level at which the author is sniffing a living wage.

I have a question. I was wondering if I can send query letters to agents outside my country ?

The best query letter advice on RUclips, the best I've ever heard. Thank you.

Thank you! This was so very helpful, especially the part about series books-"submit the book as a stand-alone with series potential." I now have lots of editing to do, but I'm thankful I stumbled across your video to get me pointed in the right direction. Many, many thanks!

hey! i'm curious why your agent informed other editors you had "interest" (or even an offer, did u say?) before even taking the phone call from the interested editor? Wouldn't it be better to inform after an official offer or even if when you know its going to acquitions? Do you think thats why some backed out?

How do I add the synopsis and notes? Its not on my scrivener

great content as always! wish you had a video on how to find your "writer friends"

I googled Scrivener and didn't see a website for it? Is it gone?

This might sound weird…but why can’t your agent just be a friend? When I think of so many of the popular actors and musicians, oftentimes their agents are just their friends or family members.

I had no idea there was a name generator feature! Sooo cool. thank you for this.

Is your book out yet? :D

Your advice and break down pinpointing each section of the query letter is genius! My brain is spit with ideas now! I thought my query letter was ok but you showed me how to make it even better!!! Thank you so so much for this! I hope to come back to this video to let you know my success in getting an agent ❤❤ and multiple offers too🎉🎉🎉

Scrivener isn't available in the play store of India. Is it only me?

Wow. Thanks for sharing. Did you ever get any explanation for the emoji tease? Was the editor just a monster? Also...I know you love your agent, but what do they have to say for themselves? How did it go so wrong so fast? Wouldn't that be a reasonable cause to consider other representation?