It can be a daunting task when you begin a new novel, where do you start? I work in a combined way these days. I have disorganised free thought where I just write anything in long hand into a notebook and I also start a new spring bound folder for the same project.
The folder keeps the free flowing work in order as I go along I tear out the pages of the notebook and file them under their relevant headings.
I put different coloured dividers into the folder and use these headings to label the dividers
THEME(the overall thrust and message of the work and anything relevant to it)
PLOTTING, I put plot ideas here in any order as I think of them and then I can move them around and add to them
SCENES, I put scenes as I see them in my mind here, again not always in order but I can reorganise them at a later date.
CHARACTERS, here I have my character profiles that I have written and I can add to them or take things out. You can also put photos of people that help you with physical descriptions of characters etc.
RESEARCH, I keep all my research here, from internet searches, newspaper clippings, pieces from books that you use. You can also put in photographs of locations if it helps your writing.
BIBLIOGRAPHY, I list the books that I have read as background research.
When I have finished the free flow writing and organised it as above I then sit down at my laptop and begin to write the whole story. Organised chaos.
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