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Episode 27: S J Watson, Thriller Novelist

Write Now with Scrivener

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How to Write a Novel Without Scrolling

The way the binder is set up, when you want to find something you've written earlier in your manuscript, you don't have to scroll and try to find it. "I had no idea how I was going to get there and the structure of it," he says about his book's plot. He didn't plan out each chapter because each chapter is a new day and the character wakes up not remembering anything. 'If I had sat down to plan it, I probably would have tied myself up in knots'

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