#scapple

[alwaysbeenjessica]

making a lil vision board for 24 💌

[jaeger-soul]

lots of questions about scapple in my inbox tonight. unfortunately, i can't show you what my stay board looks like - but here's an example for those of you that are curious

i recommend you look up a few videos about this software and try out the free version for the trial period and really play around with it. if you plot/outline your stories by scribbling on every scrap of paper you can find - scapple's for you

[jaeger-soul]

Huge thanks for that post about Scapple. The software I've been using has been unsupported for ages and this seems great so far!

right?? it's fucking great. i tried it out years ago and knew it would probably benefit me but then i just never got it lmao

i've had scrivener for years so i knew the two would work well together but i just dragged my feet for too long

[spetskhran]

Sometimes, MS Word fails in the visualization department. So, I’ve implemented the use of the corkboard from Scrivener by adding a texture on Scapple. With Scapple I’m able to move headers and ideas around freely and resize them. I am hoping this will help get the ball rolling with at least the first scene. It’s time. It needs it.

[spetskhran]

Tools of the Trade

Microsoft Word - where the writing happens

Notepad / Wordpad - clutter-free formatting

Windows Explorer - simple file organization

Scapple - mind-mapping

Aeon Timeline - timelining

Scrivener - file organization and summary aid

Adobe Photoshop - drawings and infographs

Adobe Acrobat DC - pdf-maker

MS OneNote - utilizes the cloud so I can write ideas on my phone and open them on desktop

[itssarcasticandtrue-blog]

Scapple App Review

[aomonk]

Thanks to @veschwab for posting about Scapple. I'm finding it very useful. #scapple #scrivener #literatureandlatte #victoriaschwab https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpqc3EDn9Zb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pbc09npypvx

[tumblinbean]

Pantser converted to plotter

I’m a pantser not a plotter. I wrote endlessly about my characters, developing them, loving them, coddling them, realizing I’d have to break them eventually. Then I got stuck and couldn’t quite figure out how to continue. For the life of me I couldn’t quite see where my story was going except in the most ephemeral ways. It was getting difficult to pin down the details, which made it impossible to write the details.

I thought about some fan fiction I wrote (different Tumblr, sorry guys) and how I wrote one story out of spite. I had the entire story in my head, wrote it in three days, and edited each chapter as I posted it. This work has become one of my most popular, has grown to include several more parts, and I have a small following asking for the next installment.

It hit me then: I plotted the fan fiction but am trying to pants my original work.

Then I remembered I have a program called Scapple, so I loaded it up and started making thought bubbles. Before I knew it I had the whole damn plot scappled out in bubbles (you can make the bubbles look like note cards too, if you prefer). Many of the bubbles have connection lines to show where they’ll go and whatnot. Some are colour-coded as the beginning of a new section of the book. All are short - only a sentence or two, even a phrase here and there.

Now all I have to do is expand the thought bubbles into blurbs of a few sentences or more. It can be all telly instead of showy, full of random words, whatever, as long as the bubble is expanded to a blurb that properly explains the phrase in the bubble. Once I’m done that I can go back and write the blurb as the actual chapter/scene. Then my first draft will be complete. With a plot. What the fuck? Who knew plotting was good? Oh, right, all the plotters out there :)