Writing historical fiction is wonderful if you like doing research - which I do - but you can get bogged down in facts and your desk can disappear under a sea of paper.
So I make a big mind-map to summarize my research and stick it up on the dining room wall where I do most of my writing. Creating the mind map helps me get an overall feel for the subject, and is somewhere I can quickly go to find a fact.
Apologies for the poor photos, the mind map's high up and I had to work around the table in the middle of the room.
I've still got lots of books and bits of paper piled on my desk but it would be a lot worse without the mind map.
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| The whole thing - 4 sheets of A4 sellotaped together and pinned on the picture rail. |
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| Close up - can you read it?. |
