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Elaine Giles @elainegiles.bsky.social · 21h

Your past self is the best coach you’ll ever have

How do you capture your past self?

📒📒 A Project Journal 📒📒

It tracks every major decision, style change, problem solved, and idea deferred

Here’s why it works so well 👇

#Ship30for30 #Scrivener #WritingTips #Focus #Productivity

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Elaine Giles @elainegiles.bsky.social · 1d

Writers: “Scrivener doesn’t have Track Changes”

Me: Oh yes it does! It's just called Revision Mode.

Learn how it's even better than Track Changes 👇

#Ship30for30 #Scrivener #WritingTips #Focus #Productivity

Elaine Giles @elainegiles.bsky.social · 2d

Major rewrite gone wrong?

Scrivener’s Snapshots have your back.

🧩 Save the current version
⚡ Rewrite freely
🔁 Restore instantly if needed
✅ Complete creative freedom

Full guide 👇

#Ship30for30 #Scrivener #WritingTips #Focus #Productivity

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Elaine Giles @elainegiles.bsky.social · 3d

How about NEVER manually formatting your writing again?

Scrivener 3’s Styles =

🪄 One change, global update
📁 Import from any project
🧩 Add to templates
🎯 Zero manual edits

Learn 5 productivity hacks for working with styles 👇

#Ship30for30 #Scrivener #WritingTips #Focus #Productivity

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Elaine Giles @elainegiles.bsky.social · 4d

If you’ve ever wasted hours reformatting a Word doc ...
you’ll love this

✅ One source file
✅ Unlimited outputs
✅ No reformatting
✅ No rage-quitting Word

Here’s how 👇

#Ship30for30 #Scrivener #WritingTips #Focus #Productivity

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MacBites @macbites.bsky.social · 5d

Timmy’s tinkering, Siri’s sulking, and Mike’s got a new toy. MacBites 191 is unboxed and unleashed.

macbites.co.uk/macbites-epi...

#MacBites #podcast #podcasts #podcasting #applepodcast #applepodcasts #macpodcast

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Elaine Giles @elainegiles.bsky.social · 5d

Lost ideas = lost momentum

I fixed that with one keystroke

• No switching apps
• No losing your train of thought
• No forgotten brilliance

Here’s how 👇

#Ship30for30 #Scrivener #WritingTips #Focus #Productivity

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Elaine Giles @elainegiles.bsky.social · 6d

Linear documents hide problems

Visual planning reveals them

Here’s why writers need spatial tools 👇

#Ship30for30 #Scrivener #WritingTips #Focus #Productivity

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Elaine Giles @elainegiles.bsky.social · 7d

Having multiple layouts doesn’t complicate my workflow.

It simplifies it.

The result?
⚡ No setup time
🧘 No context switching
✅ Faster, more focused output

I explain my full setup below 👇
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#Ship30for30 #Scrivener #Productivity #WritingTips

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Elaine Giles @elainegiles.bsky.social · 9d

Zero interface. Maximum focus.

When I write, it’s just me, my words, and a calm background

✅ No menus
✅ No sidebars
✅ No distractions

It’s how I’ve written every course, every essay, every guide.

Learn how to set it up yourself 👇

#Ship30for30 #Scrivener #writers #WriterWorkflow

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Elaine Giles @elainegiles.bsky.social · 9d

If you’ve ever thought "Where did I put that note?" - this one’s for you.

From hundred of notes to a single Scrivener panel
✅ Notes
✅ Keywords
✅ Status
✅ Snapshots

Here’s how it changed everything 👇

#Ship30for30 #Scrivener #Writers

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Elaine Giles @elainegiles.bsky.social · 10d

Every time you switch between documents, you break your flow.

There's a solution! It’s the ultimate focus booster:
✨ No switching
✨ No searching
✨ No lost flow

Here’s how I built it into my workflow 👇

#Ship30for30 #WritingWorkflow #Scrivener #CreatorProductivity

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MacBites @macbites.bsky.social · 11d

MacBites episode 190 has landed, and let’s just say the frontier’s gone feral. Saddle up, MacBiters 🤠

macbites.co.uk/macbites-epi...

#MacBites #podcast #podcasts #podcasting #applepodcast #applepodcasts #macpodcast

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Elaine Giles @elainegiles.bsky.social · 11d

Most writers chase focus by adding more apps.

I did the opposite.

I created a single all-in-one workspace for writing without ever switching apps.

Writers using this system finish drafts 60% faster ... read the details 👇

#Ship30for30 #writing #ContentCreation

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Elaine Giles @elainegiles.bsky.social · 11d

Have you shared a smile today?

#WorldSmileDay

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Elaine Giles @elainegiles.bsky.social · 12d

Brilliant writers. Broken systems.

Don't reinvent the wheel with every new project 😱

My solution? Custom templates that eliminate setup time and decision fatigue.

No more blank pages. Just start writing. 👇

#Ship30for30 #Scrivener #WritingCommunity #CreatorWorkflow

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Elaine Giles @elainegiles.bsky.social · 13d

Do you trust cloud storage?

1 bad sync & you can lose everything

After 19 years using Scrivener, here’s my non-negotiable rule:

☁️ Dropbox for working files
🗂️ Anything else for backups

Don’t risk your words. Protect them.

Full breakdown 👇

#ship30for30 #Writers #Scrivener

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Elaine Giles @elainegiles.bsky.social · 14d

Most people think I’m mad when I say this…

👉 I wrote my entire course inside a single document.

But it’s not chaos ... it’s clarity.

Here’s how I turned scattered tabs into a streamlined creative system:

#Ship30for30 #Scrivener #Productivity #CourseCreation #WorkflowDesign #ContentCreation

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MacBites @macbites.bsky.social · 19d

MacBites 189 has landed: cuddles, chaos, and cosmic colours. What more do you need?

macbites.co.uk/macbites-epi...

#MacBites #podcast #podcasts #podcasting #applepodcast #applepodcasts #macpodcast
#InternationalPodcastDay

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Elaine Giles @elainegiles.bsky.social · 26d

@vivaldi.com Thank you for adding "open in background tab" back to the top level in the right click menu

I used that all the time and the last update drove me mad!

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MacBites @macbites.bsky.social · 27d

MacBites 188 has landed!

Codpieces, cloths, and chaos. The rest? Best discovered with headphones on

macbites.co.uk/macbites-epi...

#MacBites #podcast #podcasts #podcasting #applepodcast #applepodcasts #macpodcast

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MacBites @macbites.bsky.social · 27d

Your number 1 question to us has been ...

"When is MacBites After Hours coming back?"

Well this is your chance to have your say: forms.gle/CXN5fX1hXztu...

Be quick ... the survey closes on Wednesday night (UK time)

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MacBites @macbites.bsky.social · Sep 19

Happy Apple Delivery Day!

May your order arrive early and be everything you hoped for 🎁 ❤️

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MacBites @macbites.bsky.social · Sep 17

You didn't miss MacBites Episode 187 ... did you? 😱

Fruit frisking, digital déjà vu, and Microsoft digging up ghosts best left buried. 🍏👻

macbites.co.uk/macbites-epi...

#MacBites #podcast #podcasts #podcasting #applepodcast #applepodcasts #macpodcast

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MacBites @macbites.bsky.social · Sep 16

They did WHAT with a dozen doughnuts??? 🤯🍩

Trust us, episode 187 is proof that common sense left the building years ago .. but you still won't want to miss it!!

macbites.co.uk/macbites-epi...

#MacBites #podcast #podcasts #podcasting #applepodcast #applepodcasts #macpodcast

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