Xaiver
Dreamer
So I sat here thinking, how could I make this easier? What would it take to lay out the storyline and plot in a concise format, and not chew through bales of paper.
I am just coming back from 3 weeks of a crazy work schedule, trying to get my feet back in the water. So I started looking for some freeware-style software that would be able to help me storyboard/plot outline....and I found quite a few, all with varying everything.
I would like to be able to define places/characters and sort of lay them out, and then be able to combine them all when I'm ready to sit down and start grinding it out.
Example:
Billy bob (Not my real character) leaves Town A, travels across country to Town B. Billy bob goes to the inn, then to the blacksmith, then leaves for Town C. On his way he gets attacked by chipmunks. Reaches Town C, chipmunks hot on his heels. Saved by Character B from the mad chipmunks, they go save the world.
Character B lives in Town C, tavels to Town A occasionally for this or that. Went to town B one day, sat in an inn and saw Billy bob come in. Character B barely evaded the chipmunks (he heard them singing about christmas) and made it to Town C, Billy bob arrived not long after, being chased.
Okay, that was a bad super-short example. I'd like to be able to expand that to more than a few characters and be able to sort of weave them together, without having to re-read everything I've ever written. So that I could sort of plan out the scenes and then be able to pull up the note that says "Scene 73" and see that Character A, B, R, and Z are all there at that time, and why.
Am I asking too much? Does anyone have any ideas/suggestions?
Thanks!
-X
I am just coming back from 3 weeks of a crazy work schedule, trying to get my feet back in the water. So I started looking for some freeware-style software that would be able to help me storyboard/plot outline....and I found quite a few, all with varying everything.
I would like to be able to define places/characters and sort of lay them out, and then be able to combine them all when I'm ready to sit down and start grinding it out.
Example:
Billy bob (Not my real character) leaves Town A, travels across country to Town B. Billy bob goes to the inn, then to the blacksmith, then leaves for Town C. On his way he gets attacked by chipmunks. Reaches Town C, chipmunks hot on his heels. Saved by Character B from the mad chipmunks, they go save the world.
Character B lives in Town C, tavels to Town A occasionally for this or that. Went to town B one day, sat in an inn and saw Billy bob come in. Character B barely evaded the chipmunks (he heard them singing about christmas) and made it to Town C, Billy bob arrived not long after, being chased.
Okay, that was a bad super-short example. I'd like to be able to expand that to more than a few characters and be able to sort of weave them together, without having to re-read everything I've ever written. So that I could sort of plan out the scenes and then be able to pull up the note that says "Scene 73" and see that Character A, B, R, and Z are all there at that time, and why.
Am I asking too much? Does anyone have any ideas/suggestions?
Thanks!
-X