What is Mind Mapping?
Mind Mapping is a way to connect ideas using visual resources.
How can Mind Mapping help me write?
Mind Mapping can help you write by:
- Organizing thoughts and ideas.
- Helping you find and review information quickly.
- Identify main topics and connect them with smaller pieces.
- Unjumbling ideas.
- Connecting and solving problems within a story.
- Helping you to think more creatively.
- Creating a flowchart to connect pieces of your writing.
How do I Mind Map?
- Start with the main idea of your writing. This could be your topic if you are writing non-fiction, or the main idea of your story if you are writing fiction.
- Branch out from the center. On each level, add subtopics or subideas that are closely related to the main topic or idea of your writing.
- Go out further, branching out from each subtopic. If needed, branch out again. You can lay out important concepts from your non-fiction writing, or use Mind Mapping to connect smaller scenes to the main idea by branching out and adding layers.
- Review the diagram. You may find you can add more branches when you see what you already have!
- Use your Mind-Map to help you make progress and stay organized as you write.
A free, PDF printable Mind Map is included below.
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