Stephen Zeoli wrote:

Dr Andus,

I'd still look at Scrivener to do this (with the caveat that I'm not sure
Scriv for Windows is quite up to what I'm suggesting yet -- though I'm sure the Mac
version can do it).

Here's what I would try:

1. Sketch out the structure of each
strand, creating a document for each "piece," whether it is a surface piece or not.
Forget about hierarchy.
2. In each document, write a short description.
3. Use an
alpha numeric code at the start of each document name to help you keep track. For
instance, "2B" would be the second piece of the B strand. (I think this is important to
make sure you can order them as you need. Although you might achieve the same thing with
keywords and labels.T)
4. You can then use the Scrivenings mode to see the entire
"story." From here you can fill out those pieces you want to be on the surface. You can
also use labels and keywords to further classify items.
5. You can then use
collections (i.e. saved searches) to separate out the strands if you want to view them
in isolation.

Does that sound like it makes sense?

Steve Z.

Thanks Steve, I will give it a go and see if it can be done. I wanted to figure out what the Collections are for anyway.