Sketching in Scrivener on a Surface?

Literature & Writing Writer's Block
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I use Scrivener on a Microsoft Surface Pro 3, and have my characters and locations and stuff all written out. One thing (or, set of things) I can’t get in there, however, is the stuff I tend to sketch and doodle when I write by hand, and I’d like to try using my Surface and Scrivener to remedy that.

I thought it’d be handy to be able to bring my Surface and a Surface Pen around with me and not have to even carry paper. It’d be neat to be able to draw maps, sketch ideas, and even just doodle as I write. For example, right now I have the visual layout of a setting where a scene is taking place in my head, but am lost for words as to how to describe it at the moment. I’ve drawn a crude picture, but it’d be cool to be able to do this on my Surface in Scrivener (or to quickly/easily do so in another program and quickly import it into my Scrivener project).

Any suggestions on how I might best accomplish this?

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Scrivener can import any external file into the Research folder. So probably the easiest would be to use the drawing program of your choice and import the results.

Katherine

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You can click on my user name to send a private message, or just respond in the forum if it’s okay to leave it public. The “Report Post” button is best used for spammers and the like: it doesn’t really give me an option to reply, just to moderate the reported post.

In any case, I’d suggest posting your question in the Windows Scrivener support forum. I don’t know the answer, as I mostly use the Mac version.

Katherine

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Ah, sorry about that!