Thank-you God!

unthoughtknown · Jan 25, 2006

And to Sharon Mock for posting this.

I have found my way again!

The idea of index cards - well, coloured post-it notes in my case - worked wonders and my faith in the storyline has been renewed!

:e2woo:

MattW · Jan 26, 2006

Be careful with post-it notes. The adhesive isn't always as effective as you think, especially after being moved around a few times.

Coming from a consulting background, we have used post-its for a lot of hands-on, touch-and-feel brainstorming events, and a few always fall off when you leave them be (especially in high humidity). A bit of tape is enough when you need a more permanant location for the notes.

unthoughtknown · Jan 26, 2006

Thanks for joining me out here in this thread. It was getting cold and lonely

Yep! I found an old pin board and ended up securing the post-its with pins too. (I had no luck finding multi-coloured index cards though admittedly, I didn't look too fiercely. There's got to be an Aussie place online out there when I can get them, surely.)

cleoauthor · Jan 26, 2006

I quickly converted to bulletin board and push pins, after I had about 75 cards neatly laid out on my dining room table and my cat did a flying leap onto and off of the table, scattering all those cards to the four winds.

Also, once I'm completely satisfied with the structure of a piece, I then number the cards. I just don't trust that cat!

Brandi · Jan 26, 2006

cleoauthor said:
I quickly converted to bulletin board and push pins, after I had about 75 cards neatly laid out on my dining room table and my cat did a flying leap onto and off of the table, scattering all those cards to the four winds.

Also, once I'm completely satisfied with the structure of a piece, I then number the cards. I just don't trust that cat!

Cats are great, aren't they? I had to move to plastic colored pushpins because my cat ate one of those flat gold ones - not a good few days in our house!

Sharon Mock · Jan 26, 2006

Well, my day is made!

I'm glad somebody else got use out of my experimentation. It really did help me make sense out of what started out as a complete mess of a zero draft.

(grasshopper) · Jan 26, 2006

Colored cards.

I've used index cards, but I never thought of color coding them!
What a great idea, Sharon!
(sound of palm slapping forehead)

Thanks

unthoughtknown · Jan 26, 2006

Sharon, good to see you here!

(Our pets are so silly/naughty aren't they?! I wouldn't trust my doggie with my post-it notes either!!!)

katee · Jan 26, 2006

Index cards totally made my outline. I colour-coded the storylines, to make sure I balanced the two plot elements well enough.

And as far as organising them - I have a large, blank wall in my apartment. I blu-tacked the index cards to the wall and had a great time rearranging them! (My husband had a better time laughing at me though

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Shadow_Ferret · Jan 27, 2006

Wow. You guys are way too organized for me.

brokenfingers · Jan 27, 2006

I don't remember the names but I know there are a few storyflow/structure programs that do the same exact thing except on your computer.

If you're interested, the Writer's Digest Bookclub would probably be a good place to start looking. I think they might have some of them there.

Thank-you God!

unthoughtknown

practical experience, FTW

MattW

Company Man

unthoughtknown

practical experience, FTW

cleoauthor

Brandi

practical experience, FTW

Sharon Mock

Wing nut

(grasshopper)

unthoughtknown

practical experience, FTW

katee

Shadow_Ferret

Court Jester

brokenfingers

Walkin' That Road