mind manager – Tale Chasing / Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:21:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Ep 13: Learning to Plot /ep-13-learning-to-plot/ Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:21:38 +0000 http://www.talechasing.com/items/date/2008/04/15/ep-13-learning-to-plot/ Well I did it. I finally figured out how to put together a plot for a novel. Thanks largely to Holly Lisle the following podcast tells you from start to finish how I constructed the plot for the podcasting project soon to come.

The following were mentioned in the podcast in no particular order:

Promo:

I Should Be Writing

In the podcast I talk about how to use Mind Manager or a Bubble Map to help brainstorm for your story. The following link is a .pdf of a sample bubble map using Mind Manger Pro 7. It’s slightly altered from what I mention in my podcast but I’m a writer and we do that kinda thing. It will however make sense once you see it. 🙂

I also mention how to figure out the number of scene cards you need depending on your book length. Here is Holly Lisle’s formula for calculating scene cards for building a fast plot.

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