They are story boards.
Yep. And to the left is my very fist attempt at one.
You may have wondered what happened to all my writing. Why hasn't she posted on Facebook? What is her latest thing? What's going on?
All the answers to your questions as well as my current non-fiction project are color coded and slapped (somewhat straight) onto this tri-fold of card board. Post It sticky notes covered me last week as I attempted to de-myth or de-bunk all the funky hype about story boards.
So, here's my executive summary aka the scoop.
I LOVE story boards!
First, who does not enjoy fresh office supplies?! Mmmm- smell that collated paper and highlighters fresh in the morning?! Ahhh.
Secondly, instead of fourteen different sheets of notebook paper and three thousand paper napkin notes my book can been seen in one place! WOW! Look at that. (Wish it could write itself, but that is not happening.) And so easy to move things around... stick chapter here. Nope, move that over there.
C, (who wants to be consistent with numbering anyway) with my book laid out in front of me- chapters, sections, themes, scripture references, etc. the 'holes' appear. Fortunately and unfortunately, the gaps in my writing or the logic are frightfully apparent so there is no going back and 'hiding them'. My story board work has unstuck the writing blocks because I know exactly what needs to be tackled next. There you have it- a board of stickiness so that my 'story' the flow of my book makes sense and will help others. Hooray!
If you need me over the next few weeks- find me near my big board or back at Wal Mart buying more office supplies!
1 comment:
YES! I'm with you on the story boarding AND use of office supplies. My favorite place to hang out is Office Depot! I've learned that this method is excellent for speakers to organize/craft their public speaking too. That's where I first heard of this method. Will need to apply it to book organization as well. THANKS for the tip.
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