Try on on paper first, preferably with your favorite bevvy at hand. I encourage fellow novelists and other writers to have a look at the Wikipedia article on Mind Maps and give it a whirl. FreeMind ist eine interessante Alternative zu kostenpflichtigen, meist sehr teuren Mindmapping Programmen.
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I used a free application called FreeMind, but there are many other free and (probably more full featured) fee-based applications available. FreeMind Kostenlose MindMapping Software. The following is an in-progress mind map for my in-progress novel, Housebreaking the Muse. So, I’ve once again practiced a bit of mind mapping to better understand the various lines of association emerging in the work. Though I’d vowed never to do another structurally complex novel after Flicker, it seems I can’t help myself–it’s just the way I’m wired. Gotta love the stick figures and thought bubbles:Īt some point, the activity of mind mapping moved into the broader culture and today there are numerous software programs available to support it. Here’s another example of one of these early mind mapping efforts (a better look here). The following artifact shows a mind mapping exercise I completed sometime in 1993 over a couple afternoon hours–and several pints–in the cozy dark atmosphere of Zeno’s on Allen Street, State College, PA. Using scrap paper and pen I worked out some of the more difficult lines of association comprising the worm hole structure of my novel Flicker in the Porthole Glass. Before I knew what a mind map was, I was mind mapping.
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