![]() ![]() Honestly, I’ve barely touched on the many ways Scapple can be used to your own advantage, but I hope it’s whetted your curiosity enough to explore more on their site. It was a great way to get started with a functioning board, even before learning all the tricks this program can do. ![]() It really helped me navigate the various options, such connecting lines between related notes. There’s also a Scapple Quick Start Guide which I printed out. There is a full Scapple Manual you can read from within the program or can save to your computer as a PDF file. It’s all easy-peasy, and with more than one way of accessing the various options, you’ll be able to find what works best for you in no time. There are way too many options for me to list here, but when you visit the site, you can watch a video that will give you a great overview.Ĭonnect notes, stack them, include them in one bubble, whatever works for you. ![]() I like “pretty,” so I choose different backgrounds and color combos for each one. Happily, you can create a board for each one.) As I say, t he options with this program are amazing, so you can personalize your boards any way you wish. (I never have more than one of those at a time, but I know many of you do. ![]() I’ve set up a separate board for each of my series, and for my current WIP. You can open it via Shift/Ctrl/I or you can use the menu at the top to do many of the same things. The white box in the lower right is the Inspector, one of the easy ways you can change the style and look of your boards and notes. I chose to use a different background for each of my boards, and I mix up the note colors however I think will help me group them better. The customization aspects of this program are mind boggling. I can add borders of various widths and styles, and can also drag and drop photos or documents to the boards, as well. And as you can see by these quick sample notes, I can choose different colors for both backgrounds and fonts for each note. One of my favorite features is that I can set any texture or color I want for the background of each board. This is a greatly simplified version of my main bulletin board, where I keep all my personal notes, appointments, To-do lists (both short term and long term), Bill Payments, household chores, and more. Accessing each is quick and easy, and I can keep several open at once so I can work back and forth between them if I need to. To start with, I pinned the Scapple icon to my Taskbar, and clicking on it opens this page, where you can choose “NEW” to set up a board, or “OPEN RECENT” to open one you’ve already started.Īs you can see above, I have ten boards already set up and in active use, though two are just samples for the purpose of this post. One of the things I love about this program is that you can set up as many boards as you wish, and it’s a cinch to pull up the one you want. They offer a free trial version, but the paid version is only $18, which to me was definitely worth investing. Scapple’s website has loads of helpful images and a very detailed video to get you started. I guess I’ve become a kind of semi-storyboarder. This program has become my favorite digital bulletin board for personal use ever, AND has helped me organize my thoughts, ideas, themes, links, and character lists for each of my series, too. (Yeah, right.) I wanted one that would reside on my desktop and could be used whether online or off.Įnter Literature & Latte’s Scapple. I do, however, organize pretty much my entire life on my PC, and I’ve hunted a long time for a good virtual bulletin board to keep track of To-do lists, bill payments, and other day-to-day info. I tried several over the years, but they all involved signing into a site to use online, “supposedly” privately. Now, I’ve never been a true storyboarder, being a confirmed pantser who prefers to allow her characters free rein as their tale develops.Īnd even if I liked storyboarding, I wouldn’t like using physical whiteboards or bulletin boards for notes or ideas, either. What I actually want to share with you today is L&L’s other popular program, Scapple, a product which allows you to organize pretty much everything in your life and encourages your inner storyboarder to go flat-out crazy. Though I certainly understand how popular it is, there are too many distracting bells and whistles for me. Always good to make it to Friday, but before you head off for the weekend ahead, I’d like to share a Literature & Latte program with you that I’m not sure how I ever managed to live without. ![]()
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