#outlining tools

[just-a-local-dreamer]

Hey! Hello! (Notion writing template update!!) <3

I've updated the plotting tools of this template. It consists of two parts now:

Chapter outline

and scene cards

These are interlinked! So you can start plotting from either one :)

If you prefer to look at the big picture first, start with the chapters. I’d suggest you write out one main thing that happens in each of your chapters, then start breaking the main idea into scenes. When you add a scene to the chapter outline, it will automatically appear in the scenes database as well.

If you have many vivid scene ideas, start with the scene cards. Write each scene you have in mind on a separate note card, then start sorting them under chapters — it's like moving sticky notes around!

You can check it out here!

[manicpixiedreamboots]

hi! i've had writer's block for months now but i've finally started drafting up a new writing project. it is going to be a collection of (fictional) memoirs from a lady in her 60s over the course of her entire life. i want all the memories to connect and to be meaningful. i've been using index cards to try to help me organize my ideas but are there any other tools you or other writers use for outlining complex plots? thank you!

Hello Nonny :)  

 Hoping for help from our writerly community for this one!  Does anyone use any cool tools??  Is there an app for this!? 

I don’t have anything specific i can think of other than  writing out, or printing summaries of  my ‘chapters’  and then physically arranging them. It’s a pretty crazy experience and takes up a lot of space. Sometimes I blu-tak them to the walls other times I spread them all over the floor. Having that visual and tangible element really helps me to understand what I am trying to achieve.  Might not work for everyone though.