![]() Similarly, mindmap apps provided a good way to map scenes and relationships between them, but keeping the events in correct temporal sequence proved onerous. When I decided to tell a story in non-chronological sequence, I was back to post-it notes in addition to the timeline app. For example, a timeline app provided a clear temporal sequence, but tracking characters through the various events was difficult. Most of these tools tracked one or two narrative elements effectively, but then I had to track other elements using secondary organizational strategies. A home grown Microsoft Access relational database.A number of published guides and workbooks on how to organize a novel.Multiple ‘mindmap’ software programs (including Mindnode and Scapple). ![]() Scrivener’s corkboard and outline features.Post-it notes attached to large boards.Excel spreadsheets – with separate worksheets for characters, scenes, timelines, and locations.I have tried many tools and strategies, including: Then I give up and just start getting the scenes down before they leave me. In essence, I start writing by the seat of my pants when all my half-blown attempts at organizing the story fall short. I am a pantser in part because I have never found a tool that lets me effectively organize all the story elements-characters, locations, events, story arcs, and narrative scene sequence. To say that I am a pantser is not to say that I dislike organization, or that I don’t have an idea of where my story is going.
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