tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276579347111537743.post4534904739423931903..comments2023-07-01T21:33:14.754-07:00Comments on Behind the Mystery: How Learning to Use a Document Map Saved My BaconLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222330734484913128noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276579347111537743.post-88908631620248778722010-08-04T06:06:22.829-07:002010-08-04T06:06:22.829-07:00Jan- Beat sheets definitely sound like an interest...Jan- Beat sheets definitely sound like an interesting tool that would come in handy. I also scrunch the DM over the side. I'm considering putting in the timing during the chapter as a sub-head so I don't lose track of it all. Thanks for your comment!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00222330734484913128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276579347111537743.post-74474375472407829312010-08-04T04:28:49.747-07:002010-08-04T04:28:49.747-07:00Hi Lisa - oh yah, baby - I use the document map. A...Hi Lisa - oh yah, baby - I use the document map. And I've become an expert in squinching it over ever so slightly so it takes up the least space possible. My only complaint is that I can't cut and copy the info in it as it is a meme not text so sometimes I just go through and make a chapter list by hand - kind of. My favorite current tool for revising is doing up (by hand) beat sheets - each scene described with any changes you might need or symbols of the pace or mood etc... I have them all on one plywood board and I can tell how far I've gotten so that I'm looking at the book from the floor and the balcony if you get me.<br /><a href="http://www.labanan.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Jan Morrison</a>Jan Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01771180344305042855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276579347111537743.post-81650694747298877082010-07-23T07:36:47.397-07:002010-07-23T07:36:47.397-07:00Charmaine-That's an interesting way to do it. ...Charmaine-That's an interesting way to do it. I'm constantly trying to figure out the best way to revise my novel because that's the point that I get really stuck in. Thanks for the suggestion.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00222330734484913128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276579347111537743.post-56303470673018040392010-07-23T07:07:43.425-07:002010-07-23T07:07:43.425-07:00I use Scriviner (for the Mac), but I also undertoo...I use Scriviner (for the Mac), but I also undertook a great editing course (How To Revise Your Novel) online. Had me write out every scene onto index cards and then reading through the manuscript look at the intention of each scene, the character's present, giving weight to the varying importance of character, objects, settings and more. It saved me, then by the time I did the edits I only had to go through the MS one time.Charmaine Clancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06642615452680721583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276579347111537743.post-46241170592718127182010-07-22T14:42:58.271-07:002010-07-22T14:42:58.271-07:00Birgit-I actually just learned about yWriter today...Birgit-I actually just learned about yWriter today at KM Weiland's blog. Thanks for the recommendation; I was interested in checking it out. Currently, most of my outline is handwritten with a million post-its. I knew there had to be a better way! :)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00222330734484913128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276579347111537743.post-34300574531317825852010-07-22T14:23:33.144-07:002010-07-22T14:23:33.144-07:00I can recommend yWriter. It's nothing fancy bu...I can recommend yWriter. It's nothing fancy but solid writer's software made by a writer a programmer. And it's free!<br /><br />http://www.spacejock.com/yWriter.html<br /><br />Birgitjester1966dehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02311536651260361128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276579347111537743.post-12231094832279354802010-07-22T08:20:42.395-07:002010-07-22T08:20:42.395-07:00I hope you find it helpful! It definitely has been...I hope you find it helpful! It definitely has been a lifesaver for me. At least, it's kept me from a puddle of tears quite a few times. :)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00222330734484913128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276579347111537743.post-73352508532062241202010-07-22T08:12:06.103-07:002010-07-22T08:12:06.103-07:00Thanks Lisa! I'm in the same boat. I will defi...Thanks Lisa! I'm in the same boat. I will definitely have to check this out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com