Corona Gale version numbers

Scrivener, the writing app I've been using for nearly ten years, has a version control feature called snapshots. I haven't used it a ton (I always just put older drafts in folders), but for daily writing it's kind of amazing. Much like Time Machine on a mac, it'll let you roll back to any previous version you make of that section. It's stupid simple and helpful when writing daily, as loads of things change.
















The best part about it is that I don't fear that something I've deleted is gone forever. I can make a new snapshot, delete stuff, and then go back to it later if I feel it was important. But Scrivener only shows a date and the word "Untitled snapshot." You can rename that, so I've been thinking about how I can better organize my drafts.

I'm ripping off software builds here, but it's a system writers could benefit from pilfering. If you've noticed odd numbers at the end of my draft titles, here's what they mean: 

The first number is the Chapter number. So if you see 1.5.4 in the title, you're reading something from chapter 1.

The second number is the draft number. I'm working on the second draft of Corona Gale right now, so you'll likely see a 2 there for a while.

The third number is the snapshot number. It's like a draft, but more incremental, with fewer changes. The difference between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 isn't going to be a lot, but the changes between 1.1.1 and 1.2.1 should be substantial. The third number is likely to go into the double digits, and I hope to post a new one almost every day.

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Published on July 08, 2015 18:05
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