{"id":244,"date":"2012-11-26T22:44:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T22:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestfantasynovel.com\/2012\/11\/26\/how-to-make-your-own-sticky-note-outlining-kit\/"},"modified":"2012-11-26T22:44:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T22:44:00","slug":"how-to-make-your-own-sticky-note-outlining-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/2012\/11\/26\/how-to-make-your-own-sticky-note-outlining-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Your Own Sticky-Note Outlining Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sticky-Notes<\/h3>\n
I prefer the 1.5″x 2″ sticky-notes in bright colors<\/a>, but there are many sizes and tints to choose.<\/div>\n
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Paper<\/h3>\n
Any paper will do. I prefer pastels<\/a>, with which I can differentiate the different acts of the book. (Say: four sheets of marigold paper for the chapters of Act I, five sheet of lilac for Act II, etc.) In a series, you could also use a different color paper for each book.<\/div>\n
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Three-Ring Binder<\/h3>\n
Punch holes in the paper, stick the paper in a three ring binder<\/a> and use one sheet per chapter (or per scene) and label your sticky-notes with the beats.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0How I use it:<\/h3>\n
In the Unfinished Song, I use one color paper per book;\u00a0I have the whole series in a single three ring binder. This way I can flip back and forth between previous (already published books), my current Work In Progress, and future books. The future books may be a little more sparsely populated by sticky notes at this point, if I haven’t done the Scene by Scene outline yet, so to indicate that I sometimes use all canary yellow sticky notes to show those scenes. That way I remember they are still uncertain. When I reach that WIP, I switch out the yellow stickies for the colored stickies that represent my PoV scenes.<\/div>\n
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I also have to remember to go back to earlier books and make sure the Sticky Note Outline reflects the final version. An outline should never been a corset that constricts the breath of the novel. The stays should be loosened as required to let the story dance.\u00a0\u00a0However, it’s important that I go back and update my Sticky Note Outline after the fact, because I continue to refer to it to remind me what has gone before in the series.<\/div>\n
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