How To Use Obsidian: Best Plugin For Authors

[@plus1creator]

What are you going to write with this plug-in?

[@victoriabadger8502]

Okay I literally never comment or like videos but I had to do both here. I just downloaded Obsidian (which I am using in conjunction with a GoodNotes template I found on Etsy for like $2 because I need the handwriting function with my iPad) and I immediately felt like I was drowning. I graduated college this year and am finally feeling creative enough write for the first time in my life (I slayed essays constantly though). This has taken all of the extra mental stress of learning a new program and my brain immediately started running scenes in my head. Thank you thank you thank you!! Truly a fantastic walkthrough.

[@plus1creator]

Music to my ears! I deeply appreciate you letting me know this helped you out. 🙏

[@NS-un9jm]

21:00 With the compiling step #4, if you don't want the line break between scenes, you just have to remove the markdown text (the three dashes) that creates a line break in the Separator field. Use instead if you don't want anything there.

[@plus1creator]

Super; thanks for the heads up!

[@PawFromTheBroons]

19:08 That is even preconfigured in the Compile properties

[@plus1creator]

@@PawFromTheBroons good detail

[@ledysarciniega5536]

Loved the vid. Great quality, good explanation, Im new to Obsidian and this will help me a lot. You deserve more subs :)

[@plus1creator]

Thank you so much! Hopefully my videos will help you save time on your journey towards using Obsidian. I'd recommend that you watch this one next: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnWniYWJpLSNnbs

[@senseibas8199]

Thanks man, If you like you can also use longform with the co-pilot plugin. If you co-pilot your manuscript it can use AI to interact with your whole manuscript. I use it for discovering plot holes, create summaries, tweets or even write whole character sheets

[@plus1creator]

that's *really* cool.

[@tffsnyder]

Just watched this video and I'm glad I did. I tried to use Obsidian for my novel but in the editor mode, having to hit return twice just so I could see where the paragraphs are was one problem, and the other was that when I sent it outto a word processor it contains all these extra lines. How do you deal with that?

[@plus1creator]

Glad you found it helpful! You asked two questions. The first answer: you want to turn on line numbers. No number shows up if its a linewrap. It will if it's a linebreak. Find it this way. settings » editor » show line numbers. Done! The second answer: No clue. As soon as you try to export into another environment, all bets are off. Each destination has its own way of doing things & I have no clue how to help you there. (It's kind of like saying "My computer does this weird thing."

[@matthewandalice5989]

Another use case I might try: multi-author work reports, with one person in charge of the overall structure. The authors can trade the md files and edit in whatever way they want (within reason). I'd have to think about how that would work with figures etc.

[@plus1creator]

Yeah, that's a tricky one. I've mentioned wayyyyy back that Obsidian is very much a "One Player Game" kind of thing. The instant you want more than one person to have access to the vault, you're adding on a whole heap of challenges that it's not really designed for. That's why I like the term "PERSONAL knowledge database." Let me know if you figure out something that works.

[@kitebarbie]

DAMMIT! I just finished a 300 page book that’s at the publisher and this would’ve been SO helpful had I known! grrr… as an academic, I have to write papers all the time, so this seems really valuable to explore. Thanks once again for your content!

[@plus1creator]

Isn't that the way it goes?! Found is just after you don't need it anymore. X^D Hopefully it serves you well for future publications. ::high five::

[@FractalThroughEternity]

I use obsidian at work, nonprofit sector. Started about three months ago. You know what Imma use this for? Making long form resources, manuals, guides, and even historical narratives. This is what I've wanted since I started and what I've missed inside of Scrivener. Thank you!

[@plus1creator]

You are welcome! Happy to hear it's valuable for you.

[@creakinator]

Nice video. Showed me how Longform could help in my writing.

[@plus1creator]

Really love hearing that; thanks! +1 point for the cat avatar.

[@FeministCatwoman]

You are amazing, thank you for the instructions! This video is far more informative and educational than all other longform plugin videos I've managed to find. Thanks again!

[@plus1creator]

Thank you; that means the world to me!

[@ultraspy5474]

A) I really value your teaching style so thank you sensei! B) I’m interested in how to create & developer character files too. Protagonist name, photos, personality style, background …. I’m not Scrivener savvy but I know, because I’m visual, pictures help. I’m going to go research my questions but am interested in your and other viewers thoughts too.

[@plus1creator]

Thanks for checking it out; I appreciate you spending time with it. You'll like this video as an answer to your questions. It's talking to RPG players, but it works the same way for authors (both involve keeping track of all kinds of information & there are lots of ways to make it happen). kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZmqdayprchrf7s

[@WarscarblackbeltX]

How do you get your properties panel on the right to look like that?

[@plus1creator]

I think I explain it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnWniYWJpLSNnbs Basic idea is that you can click+drag modules around to other areas of your sidebars. SUPER helpful!

[@shadowknife333]

How do you use activate sorting-spec for your folders

[@plus1creator]

I'm not sure what you mean?

[@shadowknife333]

@plus1creator I'm struggling with using the custom sort plugin that features sort-spec I haven't used Obsidian much and I'm slowly getting back into it and I forgot how frustrating the app is I mainly use it on my phone cause I don't have a computer

[@goranstoja]

U can type with Longform or better make linked index of note in regular Obsidian way and stich them in one big file with Easy bake plugin to make one big md file then export it to whatever u want with pandoc plugin.

[@plus1creator]

I'll have to check that out, thank you.

[@lukajeliciclux3074]

I wonder if this is a good plugin for research overviews?

[@plus1creator]

I don't know what research overviews is/are, so I hope someone around here can give you a good answer. X^D

[@lukajeliciclux3074]

@@plus1creator Basically research overview is what other researchers already researched about certain topic.

[@plus1creator]

@@lukajeliciclux3074 Well, if you need a series of individual notes put into one long-ass note, then this can help!

[@febilogi]

definitely! great for writing long notes with structure as well with zettelkasten system.

[@plus1creator]

@@febilogi cool

[@pdworld3421]

I don't know how you people do all this pre-planning stuff. Good for you. I can't do this. I have to just sit down and write.

[@plus1creator]

That works too. That's something I love about obsidian; you can write however and then move stuff around where it needs to go later.

[@tekrocker]

What plugin are you using to display your Properties / Characters on the right side?

[@plus1creator]

You can drag modules around wherever you want them. I think I go over it in this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnWniYWJpLSNnbs

[@tekrocker]

@@plus1creator I found that it wasn't a Plugin but the Obsidian View module and the command was "/ Properties view: Show file properties" and activating it displayed the round icon with an "i" on the right pane.

[@plus1creator]

@@tekrocker mystery solved!

[@kristya3603]

@@tekrocker thank u sm for this