Re: Practicalities

In article <6qnd9gFde4u9U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Diem Marshall <diem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have wonderings of a practical nature.
When your story comes to you in different, separate, non-chronological
scenes, how on earth do you keep them all organized? Computer filenames
are rather uninformative. Am wondering if I shouldn't print out each bit
and then put them in a file. But how to keep them sorted, how to sort
them out at all? What about different versions? I can't remember all that
goes on in each scene, can't keep it in my head. Post-its on plastic
pockets in files? I have a feeling it will all get out of hand quite
quickly.

My brain works linearly, so this isn't a problem I've run into. But I
do have trouble remembering what goes on in each scene, and all I can do
is write really detailed outlines, say a paragraph or two per scene. Or
a spread*** with columns for location and characters present and
secret clues or whatever. They can be reordered easily, and if each has
a title instead of a number you could use that for the filenames.

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Elizabeth
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