Keeping my Sanity

I see things in my head

I was reading at other 'planning' methods yesterday after realising that the whole snowflake method was stifling me and making writing hard and not enjoyable (after all that is what it is about for me).  I discovered vision boards.  I don't have a board, just a lined notebook, I can't draw either (I tried, my log cabin looked like a poo).  Along comes google images to save the day, I found pictures of scenes I was thinking about, visual aids for characters (a few pictures each that helped me to build them a little better in my head, actually see the wrinkles, pointed nose, wonky smile) and stuck them all in my notebook with taglines for what/how/when so that when I start writing they will help me remember the excitement of the story and relive it.  Usually once it has all played out in my head I can't right it, I'm not in it anymore.





I also seem to have most of my ideas whilst I am driving.  My notebook is full of random sentences, character descriptions, scenes, vague musings, plot ideas and story themes.  Now I want to get it together and start building on it.  I had a short story idea on the way home from work last night, with two kids to look after when I get home I could only write down a few short sentences to describe the storyline I was seeing in my head.