The good news is that you can do all of that very easily in Scrivener!
[Edit - I see several answers came in while I was composing, forgive me if this has already been said]
I’m not at my computer right now and don’t have time to elaborate, but color coding both your binder items, index cards/corkboard/outliner etc is one of the best features if Scrivener (imho).
In the meantime, think about what is you want to color code. One method can only apply a single color at a time, so it would be most useful for something that doesn’t change within your smallest/lower level binder item- in your case that looks to be scenes? Ideas are maybe location? level of completion? Story line? - whatever you feel is most important to track visually with a unique color per binder item.
Keywords can also be color coded, and there is no limit to how many you create or add to a binder item.
Also check out the metadata panel - you can add dates, checkboxes, text, lists etc.
I highly recommend you refer to the users manual and the tutorial under “help” in the menu bar. This will give you an overview of how many ways you can keep track of anything. If you prefer videos, there are those too.
Thats what collections are for. They don’t change your binder- they just group items from your binder together that have something in common that’s meaningful for you. You create your collection, then save it. Then you can refer back to it as needed.
Really enjoyed last night’s webinar on editing tools. I had no idea about Revision Mode (which solves a host of problems) and have always been intimidated about custom metadata.
I’m trying to implement some of the tricks I learned into my current project, and while I can see the metadata colors on the corkboard cards, I’m wondering if there is a way to show them in the binder? Label colors can be assigned as dots, background, or icons, but I don’t see anyway to use the metadata colors there. Is it possible?
I’ve long used the label feature as my revision tracking mechanism, and that may make more sense, but I thought I’d give the metadata a go. I just don’t spend much time in corkboard land, so I would need it in the binder.
