So I had this idea to write a YA (thanks to my son and his amazing curiosity). But this story was one of both discovering the world he lives in and growing up. That mean I needed to know what he was going to go as he traveled.
When I had the theme and ideas firmly in my head I ploted out the story structure so I could begin the "journey".
I started looking at pictures of diferent places on earth and making a list of things I wanted him to see.
After the list was complete and the pictures gathered I needed a map. Luckily for me my hubby brings large pieces of paper home for me to use. I spent a few hours drawing it out. When I was happy with it, I went over it with markers to darken the lines. The origional map is about 4' x 5'.
Once the map was finished I took a picture of it and printed it off. Then I drew his path and what he would see and where.
Then with sticky notes I labeled the main scenes and placed the pictures with each scene.
Once the pictures were distibuted I glued them in the book from the end to the begining so I didn't run out of paper or have pages left over at the end of the book.
Now I have all my scenes and the pictures that serve as visual reminders of the journey right at my fingertips whenever/wherever I go.
5 comments:
Wow. I am majorly impressed! That looks so cool!
Aww I know that handsewn book! :)
It's so much fun to begin something new and you're so organized!!! That map looks awesome!
Rebecca, I'm not normally this organized, but this story demanded i know where they were going.
Pendragon yes i love the yellow and brown of the book. I need to make more for the other books. :)
Nisa, I should have shown you the map when you were here, its on my wall in my office. I had a blast making it.
Wow. That looks like a lot of work. Congratulations to you on an outline well done.
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