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Microsoft OneNote Basics
New  to Microsoft OneNote? It's a free note taking app that you can use on any device, anywhere, any time, and sync across them all.
Here are the basics to get your started.

Create a New Notebook
Create a Section
Create a Page
Create a Table
Create a Checklist
Import a Page Template

Microsoft OneNote Resources
Download OneNote (it's free!)
Microsoft OneNote Video Training
Brian Moring's IT Showcase OneNote Tutorial (youtube, 50 mins)

Microsoft OneNote - Edit Your Novel

Editing a novel can feel like an overwhelming task when you are staring at 50,000 or more words and aren't sure where to begin. The list of posts below walk you through the editing process from looking for plot holes, to making your characters more believable, to putting the final polish on your manuscript with grammar and spelling checks.

Read the Introduction!
Structural Review - Fix Plot Holes
Day 1 - Set Up Your OneNote Notebook and Create Your Editing Checklist
Day 2 - Write a Blurb
Day 3 - Character Attributes
Day 4 - Setting Characteristics
Day 5 - Chapter Summary
Day 6 - Timeline
Day 7 - Chapter Conflict
Day 8 - Find Your Flow
Day 9 - Map Your Chapter Summary to a Story Arc
Day 10 - Strategies for Editing from Your Worksheets

Developmental Review  - Crystallize Character, Setting, Scene
Day 11 - Perfect Every Scene With Purpose
Day 12 - Overall Chapter Pacing
Day 13 - Improve Chapter Transitions and Hooks
Day 14 - Build Tension
Day 15 - Character Arc
Day 16 - Setting as a Character
Day 17 - Head Hopping
Day 18 - Analyze Dialog
Day 19 - Eliminate Info Dumps
Day 20 - Show or Tell
Day 21 - First Act
Day 22 - First Chapter
Day 23 - First Sentence, First Paragraph
Day 24 - Better Breathers to Eliminate Lagging Middle
Day 25 - Climactic Ending

Copy-Edit - Grammar, Spelling, and the like
Day 26 - Dialog Tags
Day 27 - Voice and Tense
Day 28 - Crutch and Filter Words
Day 29 - Final Touches
Day 30 - Celebrate, Beta Readers, and Beyond

Microsoft OneNote - Electronic Bullet Journaling

If you are new to bullet journaling, see the Introductory post I wrote.
Read
  • Annual Reading Goals
  • Book B-I-N-G-O
Write
  • Daily Writing Log
  • Book Launch Task Calendar
  • Activity Tracker
Research
  • Weekly Writing Website Review 
Relax
  • Guilty Pleasures Aesthetics Board

Microsoft Word for Writers

Formatting and Editing Tips
Highlight Words with Find and Replace
Kindle Add-In for Word (formatting tool)

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