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Posted by Hugh
Oct 3, 2013 at 05:28 PM

Dr Andus wrote:
Hugh wrote:
>>Akin to the ‘Snowflake Method’ for fiction? It’s described here:
>>http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/articles/snowflake-method/
> >Thanks for the link. I’ve heard the term but didn’t realise this is what
>it meant. Yes, it does sound more or less the same as the aforementioned
>“staircase method.”
> >And I see there is also a Snowflake Pro software that goes with the
>method. Has anyone tried this? There doesn’t seem to be a trial version:
>http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/product/snowflake-pro-software/
> >It looks like it would be possible to emulate this process with Gingko
>to some extent (a kind of a free-form alternative to Snowflake then).

Yes, I tried it a few years ago.

A similar if slightly more awkward result can also be achieved with MS Excel* (which I seem to remember Randy Ingermanson himself recommended at some point).

*As, of course, can a number of other simple outlining effects - as someone once remarked in the days before products like Gingko emerged, Excel may be more useful to a writer than Word.