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Feb 25, 2015 · Organize Your Novel with Excel–This is a good way to look at a chapter or novel to see how your point of view, plot and other elements balance in a visual lay-out.
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I sketched out the idea for my first book on the whiteboard in my office. To share it with other writers, I’d have to take a picture of it and then write a complicated email explaining all the chicken scratch that I call my handwriting. Amending it was nonsense as well. Often I would want to change something in the plot, so I’d try to erase it with...
I’m still a “new” writer. I’ve been at this for only four years and I’m finishing my fourth novel, so I’m sure this system will look different when I’m publishing book fifty. Right now, here are the ways I use spreadsheets to help plot novels.
Both Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel can be great for planning your book. Here are some of the pros and cons of each.
If you're thinking of using spreadsheets for your writing, fantastic! Here are few quick tricks I’ve learned to make the process smoother and less overwhelming. 1. Learn how to “wrap text.” This is crucial. 2. Only use a couple of sentences per cell and become comfortable with a shorthand system. Spreadsheets are for skimming, not for paragraph wri...
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February 27, 2019 by Andrew Connell. Microsoft Excel is an excellent program for structuring, plotting and tracking the word count on your novel. If set up correctly, it can be an efficient tool for mapping out the main plot, sub-plots, character arcs, themes and various story threads.
Sep 20, 2020 · When you have multiple characters and a lot of events going on in your story, it’s easy to lose sight of how those threads tie together. Creating a timeline of key events can help you track your plot lines and wrap everything up nicely. My current work in progress (WIP) novel is the story of two career professionals with busy schedules.
Jul 27, 2016 · View a full-sized version of the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet author Michael J. Martinez used to plot out his novel MJ-12: Inception (as explained in the article "Chart It Out" in the October 2016 issue of Writer's Digest ), and consider creating one for your own work-in-progress. MJ-12: Inception by Michael J. Martinez.
Jun 27, 2023 · Authors can analyze novel structure using Excel. Microsoft’s spreadsheet program can be an invaluable tool for scene and structure analysis. Creating and populating a table with specific information from their novel can help them find flaws and weak points.
Mar 1, 2020 · Plot lines, character arcs… all those necessary components of a good novel that need to be tracked and can’t possibly be kept in your head… What to do, what to do… I decided to use Excel since I’m a dedicated spreadsheet user anyway.