Presented by The Porch Writers' Collective

Webinar: Taking the Scaries out of Scrivener

Taking the Scaries out of Scrivener: A Tutorial

We get it. Scrivener can look a little scary at first. Maybe you don’t know where to start or are hesitant to leave the comfort zone of Microsoft Word or Google Docs. Watch our webinar introduction to Scrivener, with journalist and author Jennifer Chesak. She covers the platform's benefits over traditional word-processing programs and provides an easy-to-understand tutorial. Think of Scrivener as your writing project’s ultimate Trapper Keeper. Fear not! At any time, you can compile a Scrivener draft into a traditional word-processing document with a quick click. We’ll take the “scaries" out of Scrivener so that you can navigate your writing, research, and notes with ease, whether you craft fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism articles, or anything else.

Jennifer Chesak is the author of The Psilocybin Handbook for Women. She is an award-winning freelance science and medical journalist, editor, and fact-checker, and her work has has appeared in several national publications, including the Washington Post. Chesak earned her master of science in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill. She currently teaches in the journalism and publishing programs at Belmont University, leads various workshops at the The Porch, and serves as the managing editor for the literary magazine SHIFT. Find her work at jenniferchesak.com and follow her on socials @jenchesak.

Taking the Scaries out of Scrivener: A Tutorial

We get it. Scrivener can look a little scary at first. Maybe you don’t know where to start or are hesitant to leave the comfort zone of Microsoft Word or Google Docs. Watch our webinar introduction to Scrivener, with journalist and author Jennifer Chesak. She covers the platform's benefits over traditional word-processing programs and provides an easy-to-understand tutorial. Think of Scrivener as your writing project’s ultimate Trapper Keeper. Fear not! At any time, you can compile a Scrivener draft into a traditional word-processing document with a quick click. We’ll take the “scaries" out of Scrivener so that you can navigate your writing, research, and notes with ease, whether you craft fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism articles, or anything else.

Jennifer Chesak is the author of The Psilocybin Handbook for Women. She is an award-winning freelance science and medical journalist, editor, and fact-checker, and her work has has appeared in several national publications, including the Washington Post. Chesak earned her master of science in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill. She currently teaches in the journalism and publishing programs at Belmont University, leads various workshops at the The Porch, and serves as the managing editor for the literary magazine SHIFT. Find her work at jenniferchesak.com and follow her on socials @jenchesak.