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HOME · BLOG · MEET ERICA · BOOKS · CONTEST · EXTRAS · CONTACT · FOR WRITERS · PRESS KIT · EN ESPANOL February 19, 2007Indispensible? Or indulgence?Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: Links of Interest — ERiCA @ 9:33 am
On one of my loops, I received a link to Story Board Notepads as a plotting aid. They look cool (especially if you write screenplays, which I don’t) but I’m not sure how translatable they are to novel writing. Unless the point (for a novelist) is less of having a thumbnail sketch and more of thinking of your story in terms of scenes? http://ericawrites.blogspot.com – http://www.ericaridley.com
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Hm, I have a feeling I know where that came from…
I think the idea was more like the way I do novel-planning: first I write a synopsis. Then I write an outline. Chapter 1: Hero brooding at his desk. Unexpected visitor arrives–his nemesis and his nemesis’s daughter. Chapter 2:…
So you’d put the Chapter 1 stuff you wanted accomplished in the box. Then on the lines you’d make notes to yourself. “Hero notices the color and cut of her gown. The heroine’s face is covered…” Maybe bust out a few sentences of dialogue or whatever. I will say, they’re pretty!
Comment by lacey kaye — February 20, 2007 @ 5:24 pm
Ah. I was close! I guessed scenes per box instead of chapters. I am such a sucker for Cool New Things… =)
Comment by ERiCA — February 20, 2007 @ 5:36 pm
Actually the whole idea of a story board is to take you from crisis to crisis. Yes, we work this way.
For some people, the story board, which we honestly feel is a waste of money since you can make your own, is a tool to give you visual clues. It’s not meant to be the rival of all other methods.
You write the way you write – because, what the hey, it works for you.
Comment by T.J. — February 21, 2007 @ 10:18 am
At 50 cents each, definitely an indulgence.
You could build one in MS Word, print in greyscale at 30-50%, then run off copies for 6-10 cents each, and have the same thing.
On the other hand, whatever works to get words onto the page.
Comment by Twill — February 25, 2007 @ 12:54 pm
TJ: Ah, visual clues. I tend to make crazy spreadsheets and go from there. I know authors who use storyboards on easels or big whiteboards etc and it totally works for them. I find the concept intriguing.
Twill: I agree, you could easily make those on your own. I do make all sorts of charts and whatnot with MS Office, so I could do that if I wanted to. Not sure I want to b/c I’ve never really storyboarded like that before! The idea looks interesting…
Comment by ERiCA — February 28, 2007 @ 11:07 pm