Edited to saySuch a great post! I used to have a set of index cards for each book (it's how I plot, can't imagine not having cards in some form). Now I do use Scrivener - it's really easy to switch from the Document view to the Corkboard view and all your scenes are there as virtual cards, you don't have to create a separate set of cards. I start plotting in the Corkboard view then switch to Document when I'm ready to start writing and go back to Corkboard when I want to look at the structure. I constantly move things around, as I write out of order. You can also use labels to color code plot threads or characters or whatever you want. I can definitely understand wanting to have tangible cards to look at but for those wanting a virtual option it's very doable (for me the cards were always getting knocked out of order when my cats walked on them and that was before I had a kid :-).
What a great post, Jessica. Thanks so much!
Oh you're welcome! And thank you for reading 🥰
Edited to saySuch a great post! I used to have a set of index cards for each book (it's how I plot, can't imagine not having cards in some form). Now I do use Scrivener - it's really easy to switch from the Document view to the Corkboard view and all your scenes are there as virtual cards, you don't have to create a separate set of cards. I start plotting in the Corkboard view then switch to Document when I'm ready to start writing and go back to Corkboard when I want to look at the structure. I constantly move things around, as I write out of order. You can also use labels to color code plot threads or characters or whatever you want. I can definitely understand wanting to have tangible cards to look at but for those wanting a virtual option it's very doable (for me the cards were always getting knocked out of order when my cats walked on them and that was before I had a kid :-).
I thought of you when I mentioned the Scrivener part! 🥰
I thought maybe you were! I actually started using Scrivener because of the corkboard.