I can add things over time, whenever inspiration strikes or my mind wanders to that particular story. I wasn’t sure I’d like this new approach, but I do.
#SCAPPLE CUSTOMIZATION FREE#
It’s a place to let my mind wander and be free before I try to fit everything in place. So they get put on Scapple, along with ideas for setting, holidays, descriptions, pets, anything else to add atmosphere to the story. Do I have an interesting enough villain?.Is there an antagonist (someone who gets in the way of the protagonist like a newspaper reporter who pesters him or writes misinformation about him) besides the killer, who’s trying to mislead the protagonist or harm him?.Can I think of a second, smaller subplot?.Any fake alibis? False accusations? False arrests?.Any witnesses? Will they tell? Will they try to blackmail the killer? Will they try to protect him?.Who’s the killer? How did he do it and how did he hide his tracks?.It’s a place for me to answer the questions I ask myself at the start of each mystery. I use them to organize my thoughts, so I take time to make them flow and include everything I need to move the story. Plot points are the key things I want to include in each chapter of the book. It’s just a place for me to write down ideas that I might or might not use when I finally get serious about writing my plot points. I don’t have to think about cause and effect or the order the story happens in. I used it when I first started thinking about Jazzi 8, What I like about it is that I can jot down random thoughts. I read about Scapple from one of the writers at Story Empire, (I can’t remember which one), and it sounded like it might be helpful, so I gave it a try. I like Vince, the victim, and I want his murderer brought to justice. But for the moment, it’s back to The Body in the Buick. And I shouldn’t run out of things to write for a long time. That should let my mind wander when it needs a break. Right now, I have a Scapple board for Karnie and Matt, one for Laurel and Nick from Posed in Death, one for Lux and Keon, and one for the next Jazzi. Boyack does that all the time with his storyboards:, and after reading his post about developing stories, I tried it and liked it. And that’s made it so that I can load it on Scapple and start playing with ideas for it before I’m ever ready to write it.
#SCAPPLE CUSTOMIZATION SERIES#
But, it’s forced me to think of the next book in the series before I finish the one I’m working on. It gives a reader an idea of what’s coming next in the story lines. Rigdon/Julia Donner, has bugged me (no, make that SUGGESTED) that I write the first chapter of a new book at the end of each book that I finish. My critique partner and writer friend, M.L. So when I go to buy smoked pork chops or special cuts of meat, I think of her. I base the butcher shop Karnie works at on our local shop, though, with its loyal customers and helpful workers at the counter. They’re tempting then, not so enticing now while I’m still having fun writing the set-up and adding depth to suspects. Most of the time, they wait until I’m fussing because I’m in the middle of the muddle of my current book. This time, the ideas came earlier than usual. Isn’t that how it usually goes? When I work on one book, the idea for another pops in my mind. Her brother, Porter, annoyed me so much in book one that I decided to mess with him a bit. So, what did I think of today? A great subplot for a Karnie Cleaver mystery. It feels good to be back with her working on houses and cooking Sunday meals while solving a murder. I reached the one-fourth point on my Jazzi 8 pages.
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