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    Lazaares Contributor Contributor

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    Visual Aid for Arranging Plot Points / Scenes

    Discussion in 'Plot Development' started by Lazaares, Jul 24, 2020.

    Greetings fellow writers;

    Asking for best-practice advice today. I am looking for a software or method to visualize scenes / plot points in order to have a better overview on them and to be able to re-arrange / order them.

    Insofar I have been using a shameless excel file. However, it's both cumbersome and not really good at "visalizing" things - I am merely cutting & pasting 5-word summaries of my scenes.

    I was considering using a card-based database where I can shuffle them around as if they were on a table. Have the right software/app for it; thought there's no hurt in asking the community here on advice - perhaps you have a far better method to suggest that I could try.
     
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    yWriter is a really good software for organizing your project. It includes a storyboard feature though it is a little hard to use. So I would highly recommend it. I probably couldn't get my latest project done without it.
     
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    That's one of the things Scrivener does really well.
     
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    Thanks for the replies! Scrivener's and yWriter's functions look similar to what I was planning using (Wavemaker). That Scapple one looks interesting, though. I may give it a try first on paper and then see if it chimes.
     

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