How to Plot a Novel Visually: The Index Card System
By Therese Walsh | February 24, 2009 |
Today’s main post won’t be about plotting but will be a special announcement that will be up in several hours. Still, we didn’t want to the day to pass without a little plot talk. I happened upon an interesting article on Associated Content this past weekend. Here’s the synopsis:
This article is for the person who wants to see every piece of the puzzle and be able to arrange and rearrange that puzzle without starting from square one. It’s a way of plotting your novel that uses nothing more than index cards and a box to keep them in line.
Interested? Click HERE and enjoy!
Therese Walsh (she/her) co-founded Writer Unboxed in 2006 and is the site’s editorial director. She was the editor of WU’s only book, Author in Progress, and runs the Writer Unboxed UnConference.
Her second novel, The Moon Sisters, received starred reviews and was named one of the best books of the year by Library Journal and Book Riot.
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This is a common way to plot a screenplay, too, which I use a lot. In fact I usually write so much on the cards that by the time I actaully start writing I can usually whip out a draft in no time at all.
Index cards or Post-it cards are a BLESSING! They helped me organise my scenes into sections and rearrange them to make sense and for my novel to flow smoothly.