Only 6 days and some odd hours until NaNoWriMo according to the main page of the website. So in that 6 days, we all need to be prepared.
We've talked about worlds, characters, writing tools, and other stuff in the last few blog entries. Now we are going to talk about scenes and organizing them. I have several different methods for this. My main method is by using index cards - this is a pretty common method.
Index cards are pretty cheap to come by but you can always make your own. All you need is a small square/rectangle/any shaped pieces of paper to do this. You write one scene on one of those pieces and put them in a pile. Don't number them. When you are done, writing all of your scenes, spread them out on a table or the floor and look at what you have. There are some scenes that obviously have to go together but you can organize them however you want. You'll see that your story will change with every scene you move. Some plot lines are much stronger than others.
Usually after that, I either put them back in a pile from first scene to last scene, I glue them to a poster board or just tape them to the wall, or I throw them in my writing program under the storyboard function but I don't like to use the storyboard function often. It makes it a pain to click out of my window and look at the next scene. It's much easier to look over at what I have in front of my physically but this is all up to you.
There are people who list their scenes, which works for them. Some use colorful pens and markers on poster board and write all of their scenes down. They have arrows showing what scene comes next. As long as you have your scenes organized in a way that works for you, then you should be fine.
How do you go about organizing your scenes?
Tracey
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