How to Get a “God’s-Eye View” of Your Story in Microsoft Excel. I know what you’re thinking and the answer is no, I don’t get a kickback from Microsoft!
I just happen to like using Word and Excel for my screenwriting. And I know what you’re thinking now, too. What the hell could he possibly use Excel for in his screenwriting? I could actually write an entire blog post on the uses of Excel for just about anything. I actually use it more than any other program. I don’t use all the complex formula calculations. What’s great about Excel is that one file can have virtually unlimited pages which are easily accessed by tabs at the bottom of the worksheet. But enough about how cool Excel is for organizing your life. Here’s a screenshot of my Scene Breakdown page. The reason I use Excel is based on a writing principle I discovered years ago. I initially solved this problem in Word by typing out my scenes on a single line in small type. Let me describe what you’re seeing in the above screenshot. Writing Skills.
10 Awesome iPad Writing Apps. Bullet Journal: An analog note-taking system for the digital age. Making An Outline. /** * Simple encryption to hide email addresses from crawlers in webpages. * This code is Free Software provided under an MIT License. * Written by Diego Doval: bnaeQ0bvPXOnZQYgaZqp1ZQO * */ CRLS Research Guide Making An Outline Tip Sheet 14 Ask these questions: What is it?
An outline is an abbreviated picture of the parts of your paper or project and the order in which they will come. Why do it? It helps you to... An outline might be just for your own use, or your teacher may require that you hand it in while you are working on your project, so they can get an idea of where you are headed. How to do it: Figure out the most logical flow of information, the best order for the information to be in, using the subtopics you created earlier.
WHERE TO GO FROM HERE:Worksheets: Copyright © 2004 Holly Samuels All Rights Reserved. The Ultimate Guide to Writing Better Than You Normally Do. Writing is a muscle.
Smaller than a hamstring and slightly bigger than a bicep, and it needs to be exercised to get stronger. Think of your words as reps, your paragraphs as sets, your pages as daily workouts. Think of your laptop as a machine like the one at the gym where you open and close your inner thighs in front of everyone, exposing both your insecurities and your genitals. Because that is what writing is all about. Procrastination is an alluring siren taunting you to google the country where Balki from Perfect Strangers was from, and to arrange sticky notes on your dog in the shape of hilarious dog shorts. The blank white page. Mark Twain once said, “Show, don’t tell.” Finding a really good muse these days isn’t easy, so plan on going through quite a few before landing on a winner. There are two things more difficult than writing. It’s no secret that great writers are great readers, and that if you can’t read, your writing will often suffer.
Read These Seven Books, and You’ll be a Better Writer. Donald Miller I used to play golf but I wasn’t very good.
I rented a DVD, though, that taught me a better way to swing, and after watching it a few times and spending an hour or so practicing, I knocked ten strokes off my game. I can’t believe how much time I wasted when a simple DVD saved me years of frustration. I’d say something similar is true in my writing career. If you read these books, your writing will improve to the point people who read your work will begin to comment on how well you write. . • The War of Art by Steven Pressfield: This book is aimed at writers, but it’s also applicable to anybody who does creative work. Pressfield leaves out all the mushy romantic talk about the writing life, talk I don’t find helpful. . • On Writing Well by William Zinsser: