I feel like Pinterest has been around my whole life at this point. I for sure was using it back when I was in high school when it came to recipes and craft projects and that's coming up on 10 years ago.
As I grew up, my Pinterest account grew and changed from craft projects to planning my wedding, to home decor, and more.
But as an author, I feel like we can easily forget that pinterest is the perfect place to make the photo visual board of our books. It can help you plot out the story, create the visual of your characters, setting, and scenes, and even stumbling across a photo may inspire a new idea for the story, and help you out when you get stuck in the writing process.
Now I've always had my author Pinterest page set up and yes, I did make a board for my current work in progress, but it was very random and not really useful.
Then, I saw the way author C E Ricci organized her pinterest boards for her books and it blew my mind. It was laid out perfectly to actually help you create your story and use it as a reference when you are writing. So I can't take credit for this method, (Thank you Chelsea), but I did follow her example and maybe it will help you too.
I'll attach a screen grab below of my current WIPs pinterest board so you can get an idea of layout, but since it's not yet published, all my books boards are set to private until that book goes live. You are more than welcome to go ahead and follow me on Pinterest if you wish to later see the entire board, but in the meantime C E Ricci's pinterest page will help you out, along with this post.
Pinterest Layout:
1.) Make a board for each Work in Progress book or future book.
I title it with the working title, or if I'm not decided on the title, I will use the characters names. If the idea is brand new, I will title it "Billionaire Enemies To Lovers" Or whatever lets me know what that board is. I like to start a board the moment a book idea comes to me to so I can grow that board as ideas come for that story. So currently my pinterest has 12 secret boards.
I also find it helpful to fill out the board description with your characters name, and the series it's in, as well as the series number. (Book 1, 2 Etc.)
2.) Create sections under your books pinterest board. (You can click the organize button at the top of the board to arrange your sections in the order you prefer.)
This is the new part. Usually we would create the board and start saving photos randomly. Character inspirations, places, words, etc. and it would all be chaos. And you can save some like this to get a start, but then you should start sectioning off your board. (Just click the "Plus" button at the bottom of your board and tap "Add Section.")
Sections to Have:
- a section for each main character.
- a section for them as a couple (If writing Romance)
- a section for story/plot
- a section for locations/setting
- a section for words/vibes
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