Writing Programs? #MFRWauthor

PlottingI really don’t know any writing programs, so I suspect I don’t use them. Or maybe this means writing tips and suggestions? Those I use—on and off.

For instance, I have The Plot Doctor (I think that’s the name but I can’t find it anymore on Google). I tried using it, but it had too many things for me to do before I start writing. I did pick up the character sheet idea, though, and continue to use it. Sometimes.

Another tip I picked from The Plot Doctor is the idea of dividing the book into parts. I loosely (very loosely) break the plot into six parts and determine what will happen at each part. I’d never done that before, and found that the beginning of the story might take up more space than the midpoint. Now I control that better.

I’ve looked into the Snowflake method and a few other plotting ideas, but Snowflake method of plottingnothing works for me except what I use—which is nothing like a plotting program! Sometimes I start a book with only a kernel of an idea, and that’s kind of too little to use in a plotting program.

Kayelle Allen shared a program with members of MFRW last year. It’s really more of an organizational tool, called Archivos. It’s not a plotting tool exactly, but I can see where it would help in plotting. I’m planning to use it for the series I’ll be starting shortly.

What do you use to organize your plots? If you have a program that works for you, I’d love to hear about it!

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