1/30/2024 0 Comments Aeon timeline reorder arcs![]() I began adding cards for specific scenes I envisioned, such as “Richard meets Doris at the convenience store” and “Doris looks in the attic.” I dragged each card/scene to the beat where it best supported the story, then ordered them in sequence within the list. For example, the Finale beat contains five distinct elements such as “gathering the team” and “high tower surprise.” Cards for each element would remind me to build in those plot points.Īn individual card represented a single scene. I added “reminder cards” for what the beat accomplishes in the story as well as specific plot points. I could have created another list with cards for each character, but chose not to this time. In my Trello novel board, each beat became a list (such as Midpoint, Fun and Games, or B Story), with “1” or “M” in the name to denote a single or multiple scene beat. The Save the Cat! “beat sheet” breaks down all screenplays (or novels) into 15 “beats” or story developments that many successful movies follow. Save the Cat! is a popular screenwriting book series by Blake Snyder. With a little effort, I could export cards from Trello into a format that I could transfer into Scrivener.I hadn’t mastered Scrivener’s cork board / card plotting features, and Scrivener for iOS doesn’t include them.It allowed me to easily reorder and move scenes by dragging and dropping.Trello’s mobile app for iOS enabled me to plot regardless of which iGadget I happened to have in my hand.I already had a free account and was familiar with it I like Trello and it is easy and fast.I chose Trello for my plotting tool because: Here’s how I used Trello to plot my novel using the Save the Cat! approach, before beginning writing in Scrivener in November. So as National Novel Writing Month (an annual 30-day challenge to write a 50,000-word novel) appeared on the horizon, I decided to use two of my favorites: Trello to plot, and Scrivener to write. I’m a big fan of writing, tools, and writing tools.
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