Organizing Your Book

The corkboard

See your sections as index cards and rearrange your story visually.

The corkboard shows each section as an index card, giving you a bird’s-eye view of a book’s structure.

Working with cards

Each card represents a section with its title and a short synopsis. Read across the board to see the shape of your story, then drag cards to reorder scenes.

Synopses

Give each section a one- or two-line synopsis and the corkboard becomes an outline you can take in at a glance — useful for spotting pacing gaps or a scene that isn’t pulling its weight.

Corkboard vs. outliner

The corkboard is spatial and visual; the outliner is a structured list with more detail. Many writers plan on the corkboard and revise in the outliner.