Pinterest for Writers
I use so many tools these days to keep track of the flow of information in my life: Facebook. Twitter. LinkedIn. Email. Paper Files. Online Library Reading History. Evernote.
I also use tools in my personal life to keep track of hobbies and projects I have in process. My favorite is Pinterest. I’ve been scheming about ways to use Pinterest to fuel my addiction to all things writing. I’m a visual person, so although I love the ease of Evernote for filing writing information when I find it online, I always feel overwhelmed when I log into my Evernote notebook and see a slew of text-based links. I realized that Pinterest could fix this problem – providing me with visual links to some of my frequently used writing sites online.
I’ve created several new pinboards:
Writing Life (with inspirational and funny quotes for writers);
Creative Writing (where I’m stashing all of the links to ideas for the Creative Writing Club I’m leading at my son’s school);
Editing (links to all of the online checklists I use when I start editing a fiction manuscript); and
Writer’s Bookshelf (where I leave links to my favorite go-to writing books.)
I’m also working on a character and location board for my WIP. Stay tuned for that slew of images. Meanwhile, you can check out my boards here: http://pinterest.com/samill1/ You might learn something about my sewing, knitting and building addictions, too. If you aren’t a member of Pinterest, just visit www.pinterest.com to join.
Happy writing and happy pinning!
Do you use Pinterest? Have you used it to help your writing process?
P.S. I just made it through my blog reading backlog and realized that they just wrote a post about Pinterest for Book Publicity over at Writers Unboxed last week. Check it out here.
THESE ARE GREAT BOARDS!!!
Ahem.. .these are great boards.. I use Pinterest too!! it is so much fun. When I get bogged down with writing and journaling (some days I write a LOT) I go on Pinterest and look at things that make me happy or refuel my dreams with pictures of things I want.
http://pinterest.com/darleneas/
Great post, Sara.
You are so organized…I’m not
I can barely find time to write let allow help others find ways to do it. Bravo for you !
Thanks, Patrice. I only seem organized on a good day. You should see my piles of laundry and floors that need mopping. You wouldn’t think I was quite so organized then!
Great ideas & boards! I also love pinning snapshots of people & places to inspire characters & stories later on. During NaNoWriMo I was writing a scene in an apple orchard & did a little image search & felt so much more creative/descriptive after seeing a few shots (I’m also super visual)!
What a great idea, LindseyJoy. To be able to return to that apple orchard while you’re working on a scene must be so helpful.
What a great idea! Author Justine Musk also suggested to use Pinterest in a “writerly” way. I will definitely try this.
I loved Justine’s post. Thanks for the suggestion, Christi. I just checked it out. Thanks for stopping by.