{"id":28890,"date":"2022-02-12T11:26:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T15:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/?p=28890"},"modified":"2022-03-01T03:40:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T07:40:56","slug":"how-to-organize-writing-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2022\/02\/how-to-organize-writing-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"How to organize writing projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Structure your message like Tom Wolfe, William Faulkner \u2014\u00a0and me<\/h2>\n<p>When William Faulkner couldn\u2019t figure out how to structure <em>A Fable<\/em>, he wrote a simple outline \u2014 directly onto the wall of his writing sanctuary.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28891\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28891\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28891\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2022\/02\/how-to-organize-writing-projects\/how-to-organize-writing-projects\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/how-to-organize-writing-projects.png\" data-orig-size=\"450,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"how-to-organize-writing-projects\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Model the masters&lt;\/strong&gt; By the time he\u2019d completed his outline, Tom Wolfe\u2019s work was mostly done.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/how-to-organize-writing-projects-300x200.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/how-to-organize-writing-projects.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/how-to-organize-writing-projects.png\" alt=\"How to organize writing projects\" title=\"How to organize writing projects\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28891 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/how-to-organize-writing-projects.png 450w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/how-to-organize-writing-projects-300x200.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 450px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 450\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28891\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2022\/02\/how-to-organize-writing-projects\/how-to-organize-writing-projects\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/how-to-organize-writing-projects.png\" data-orig-size=\"450,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"how-to-organize-writing-projects\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Model the masters&lt;\/strong&gt; By the time he\u2019d completed his outline, Tom Wolfe\u2019s work was mostly done.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/how-to-organize-writing-projects-300x200.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/how-to-organize-writing-projects.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/how-to-organize-writing-projects.png\" alt=\"How to organize writing projects\" title=\"How to organize writing projects\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/how-to-organize-writing-projects.png 450w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/how-to-organize-writing-projects-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Model the masters<\/strong> By the time he\u2019d completed his outline, Tom Wolfe\u2019s work was mostly done. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/photo\/make-the-first-step-gm504908890-83414357\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Image by IvelinRadkov<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>A Fable<\/em> won the 1955 Pulitzer Prize. Hmmmm \u2026 maybe Faulkner was on to something.<\/p>\n<p>You needn\u2019t write on the walls. But you do need to outline. Mind mapping works. Even bullet points on the back of an envelope can help you resolve structural flaws, avoid awkward transitions and write to your word count. (I call this editing before you write.)<\/p>\n<h5>\u201cIn order to write something big, it really helps me to think of the constituent parts. What are the basic units or elements? What are the chapters? That helps with my research \u2014 filling up my chapter files. And it helps with my drafting \u2014 writing one chapter at a time.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h6>\u2014 Roy Peter Clark, author, <em>How to Write Short<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re a fiction writer producing creative writing, a short story writer responding to writing prompts or a corporate communicator cranking out a news release or intranet article, you\u2019re going to need to organize writing projects.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how five other writers have figured out what goes where \u2014 a key step of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/writing-process\/\">the writing process<\/a>:<\/p>\n<h3>1. Tom Wolfe outlined.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI make a very tight outline of everything I write before I write it,\u201d said the author of <em>The Right Stuff<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy writing an outline you really are writing in a way, because you\u2019re creating the structure of what you\u2019re going to do. Once I really know what I\u2019m going to write, I don\u2019t find the actual writing takes all that long.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>2. Chip Scanlan \u201ccollages.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t get stuck in linearity,\u201d writes the affiliate faculty member of The Poynter Institute. Instead, he writes in segments, then \u201ccollages\u201d the paragraphs and pages together into a whole.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Donald M. Murray used Post-its.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI use a yellow highlighter and Post-it notes,\u201d wrote the Pulitzer prize-winning journalist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince I\u2019m not comfortable using split screens and electronic files to write from, I make a printout of every interview, staple the pages, and spread them out on my desk. I separate the stacks with Post-it notes: pro sources, anti sources, the experts, etcetera.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>4. Vladimir Nabokov used index cards.<\/h3>\n<p>Nabokov wrote most of his novels on 3-by-5 cards, keeping blank cards under his pillow for whenever inspiration struck.<\/p>\n<h3>5. Ann Wylie uses buckets.<\/h3>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/writing-process\/effective-writing-process\/prewriting\/how-to-research-for-writing\/\">researched your story<\/a>, it\u2019s time to organize your notes. Here\u2019s how I do it, step-by-step.<\/p>\n<h5>\u201cOrganization is what you do before you do it, so when you do it, it\u2019s not all messed up.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h6>\u2014 Winnie The Pooh<\/h6>\n<p><strong>1. Put your info in buckets<\/strong>. As you gather and organize information, think of your material as \u201cbuckets\u201d of like information. Depending on the scope of the project, your buckets might be physical file folders, files on your laptop, Word documents, even bookmarked sections within a Word doc.<\/p>\n<p>For a marketing brochure, for instance, you might have buckets on how the product helps customers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Save money<\/li>\n<li>Make money<\/li>\n<li>Save time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each bucket becomes its own section in the body of the piece.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Write a \u2018lead\u2019 for each bucket<\/strong>. Master writers craft mini <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/how-to-organize-an-article\/feature-story-structure\/feature-story-examples\/\">feature<\/a> structures for each section, giving each section its own \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/how-to-organize-an-article\/feature-story-structure\/feature-leads\/\">lead<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Label your buckets<\/strong>. Make each section easy to find by placing a meaningful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/micro-content\/how-to-write-a-subheading\/\">subhead<\/a> before:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each section of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/how-to-organize-an-article\/feature-story-structure\/feature-article-structure\/\">body<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/how-to-organize-an-article\/feature-story-structure\/how-to-write-a-conclusion-for-a-feature-article\/\">conclusion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have three points, you\u2019ll have four subheads \u2014 one for each section of the body, and one to divide the body from the conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>That will help you make your thinking visual and your structure clear.<\/p>\n<h3>How to organize writing projects<\/h3>\n<h5>\u201cProse is architecture. It\u2019s not interior design.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h6>\u2014 Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize-winning novelist<\/h6>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re writing on the walls or using Google Drive, a lot of times, organizing your writing projects is the hardest part of the writing process. 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