Johnny Cosmo
Inkling
Im not sure if this should be in the planning forum, but it seems like it's more of a place for people to actually do their planning, right? I'm just wondering about the process people take when planning their stories? How in depth do you go? How long do you plan before writing? Or do you plan as you go, adapting the world to fit your story, rather than writing your story in your existing world?
I've actually started using a personal wiki with Pb Works, but there are others, including desktop wiki software. It's very useful having everything in folders, and hyperlinked. I can just start writing a page, and then when I go back to it I can create new pages expanding on terms, factions, people and places and link them together. I'm in the early stages, but I figure that it won't be long before I have a rich wiki filled with backstory that I can keep well organised and delve into whenever I need to 'remember' elements of my backstory.
I'm also using it to keep pages on plot lines - but in honesty, it's better for creating a backstory. If anyone has any suggestions for plot structuring tools (not just the theory and guidelines behind it, I mean actual web tools, software etc.), I'd love to hear them.
I've actually started using a personal wiki with Pb Works, but there are others, including desktop wiki software. It's very useful having everything in folders, and hyperlinked. I can just start writing a page, and then when I go back to it I can create new pages expanding on terms, factions, people and places and link them together. I'm in the early stages, but I figure that it won't be long before I have a rich wiki filled with backstory that I can keep well organised and delve into whenever I need to 'remember' elements of my backstory.
I'm also using it to keep pages on plot lines - but in honesty, it's better for creating a backstory. If anyone has any suggestions for plot structuring tools (not just the theory and guidelines behind it, I mean actual web tools, software etc.), I'd love to hear them.