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Anyone tried this method?
How a Scene List Can Change Your Novel-Writing Life
By the end of this post you will have a nagging urge to use an excel spreadsheet. Don't make that face-I know you're a writer and not a data analyst. Or if you are a data analyst-I get that you're on this blog to get away from your day job.
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The Type A personality within me finds this so so so satisfying. In the past, I've used a notecard method, but maybe I'll give one of these a try next time I'm creating a story.




I beat out my scenes by act before I start to write, noting POV chracter, setting, conflict, and outcome. I do this in a chart in Scrivener.
Then when I'm doing my revisions, I use an OpenOffice spreadsheet to track each scene as it was actually written to make sure that each scene has a purpose, sufficient conflict for pacing, how much time has passed to make sure that's consistent, and what's superfluous or trivial so I can cut it before wasting my time rewriting it.
Scrivener is my greatest writing friend.
Same here! Scene lists/notecards in Scrivener are so easy and convenient.
Just saw this article, and thought it might be germane to this thread. As a plotter/"basher" I feel I'm well covered by technology (and I love Scrivener). But pantsers/"swoopers" may not feel the same way: https://medium.com/milanote/bashers-swoopers-257e9f27fb33#.9gl905rzh
I think this is really interesting. I think I'm a bit of both a basher and a swooper, as most writers probably are. I think it's possible to use Scrivener in a non-linear way. I usually have a couple of documents in a "notes" folder that has random ideas, bits of dialogue, questions to address, character details, chunks of plot outlines, etc. Sometime, I think it'd be a fun exercise to create a visualization board like the one shown in the article. I like the idea of being able to use pictures and string and articles and notecards to connect all of my thoughts and inspirations. I sometimes have an iTunes playlist, a Pinterest board, and a bookmarks folder for all my inspiration on a project, but it would be nice to put it all in one place. I wonder if you could use Trello for this...?