We don’t experience things in straight lines and words, we see this and then that over there and then that other thing over there and we see relationships between them and make connections and assumptions that we don’t always verbalize. Those lines of type are not the way we navigate through the world. I think the most important thing about using visuals in writing is that it’s a much more natural way to think. I have no idea why I thought that, her question is perfectly clear. What I thought Deb asked was how I used visuals. I combine them into group images in Curio and Acorn. I sort them into folders in the book folder on Dropbox. I organize my research images, four ways. I create most of my visual notes by grabbing them off the net, taking pictures with my phone, drawing diagrams by hand or using Curio, and by creating computer collages using Curio, Elements, or Acorn. So first, here’s the answer to her real question: I just went back to the draft to this post to reread my answer and realized that I didn’t answer the question Deb asked, I answered the question I thought she asked. Can you talk a little bit about how you create and organize your pictorial “notes”? I don’t tend to use such things, but I’m starting to make Word docs for each novel that include pictures of my protagonists, and other notable stuff (their dogs, cars, motorcycles). I know you’ve talked a lot about your creative process with storyboarding (is that a word?) and collages and such.
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