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Free Your Mind: Mind Mapping for the Pinball-Brained Writer

Free Your Mind: Mind Mapping for the Pinball-Brained Writer

by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | May 24, 2013 | The Writing Life, Writing Tools

I. Love. Mind mapping! I probably learned this skill way back in elementary school–or maybe it was Jr. High?–for brainstorming. You know. Write your main idea in the center and circle it, add tangent lines for all the pieces connected to said idea, group...

Follow the Yellow Brick Road: Story Structure via Priest (the film)

by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | May 10, 2012 | On Craft, The Writing Life

This structure thing is kicking my trash! I’ve read several books and articles on the subject, but Save the Cat! came the closest to helping me wrap my head around it. Well, I should say Save the Cat! in conjunction with several blog posts from Lydia Sharp (who...

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