![]() While you can create mind maps using simple pen and paper, I prefer to create mind maps digitally as not only it gives me more control over the creation of the mind maps, it also makes it easy to store and sync them across devices. Creating a mind map allows you to see that big picture. However, most of us cannot make anything solid out of those ideas as they are just floating around in space and are lost before we can see the big picture. #SCAPPLE KEY FULL#Our minds are full of ideas and we perceive new ideas dozens of times in a day. Save the perfectionism for the final product, not your notes.Creating mind maps is a great way to organize your ideas and give them some sort of organization so that you can make sense of them. The only person who needs to see your Scapples is yourself. It’s worth it, just don’t let yourself get too distracted. #SCAPPLE KEY SOFTWARE#It’s $14 bucks, which cheap in the grand scheme of productivity software and if you’re a visual thinker like I am it’s very handy at getting your plot laid out. Scapple is the best mind-mapping program to fill that niche in the market. Effective at mapping and laying out snippets of text visually. ![]() That’s not Scapple’s fault, as I mentioned in my post “ Shut Up and Write!“, if we’re looking for distraction, we’ll find it. You can spend a lot of time stylizing, tweaking, and laying things out. (Which I bet is coming.)Īlso, while not a reflection on Scapple, I should mention that this very much one of those programs that can get in the way of actual work. ![]() I feel that a lot of this could be solved with some snap-to-grid system. It’s not as forgiving as some programs, and often I find myself scrambling to lay things out properly. There’s a lot of plot points to juggle in this one so making sure I have everything organized was key for me, and Scapple helped me quickly get my thoughts down so I could progress. Spoilers!) Only a portion of that is the actual story (highlighted in blue), but I wanted to make sure I paid attention to what else was going on. Here’re the first five chapters of my new unnamed project: I can get my ideas onto the screen, make connections between those ideas, and then step back and see the big picture. Everything is drag and droppable allowing for me to work quickly. It really was the product I was looking for: it’s both part mind-mapping and part free-form text editor. Scapple has been on my radar for a while, but it wasn’t until recently that I decided to step in and give it a shot. I’ve even tried using Adobe Illustrator, which has a lot of similar features, but in the long run is too bulky and cumbersome for this type of work. I have even tried lists within a document, but I found it too difficult to step back and get the big picture. I have tried spreadsheets with Google Docs and Apple’s Numbers, but those are too cumbersome for this type of work. ![]() Paper is too small to write this sort of stuff out and ultimately a waste. So I have been looking for alternative means to organize my work without sacrificing space. Sadly, I don’t have room in my house for a whiteboard. Be it for wireframes, or just to start hashing out ideas, the temporary nature of a whiteboard allows me to be loose with my thoughts and explore avenues with little to no expense. I am foremost a visual thinker I work with whiteboards all the time for my day job. ![]() (I wrote a post about Scrivener as well, you should check it out. I mentioned in my previous post that over the last month I have been exploring Scapple, software from Literature and Latte, creator of my favorite word processing software Scrivener. Robert Goddard at Clark University – via Flickr ![]()
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