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Scene Cards for Chaos
Outline tools when your life will not sit still
Writing craft / ADHD friendly | short field guide, about 14,468 words, 8 chapters
If long outlines make you quit, try cards. Scene Cards for Chaos teaches short beat cards, reorder rituals, and how to keep moving when energy is uneven. Useful for fiction and for nonfiction that still needs scenes.
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You’re here because the usual advice about outlining feels like it was written for someone else. Someone who has a quiet house, predictable energy, and a brain that reliably churns out ideas in a linear fashion. If that sounds like a fantasy, you’re in the right place. Maybe you’ve tried the traditional methods: the Roman numeral outlines, the detailed chapter breakdowns, the colour coded spreadsheets. And maybe, like me, you found yourself staring at a blank page, or worse, a half finished outline that felt more like a prison sentence than a helpful guide. You probably felt a familiar wave of guilt or frustration.
Chapters in this draft
- Introduction: Your Outline, Your Rules
- Mapping Your Energy: When to Work and When to Rest
- The Anatomy of a Scene Card: Your Story's Smallest Unit
- Building Your Narrative: Arranging Cards into a Flow
- The Reorder Ritual: Embracing Change and Iteration
- Troubleshooting Your Outline: When the Cards Get Stuck
- Beyond the Basics: Customizing Your Card System
- Sustaining Your Practice: Writing with Flexible Structure
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About the author
David E. Sproule
Writes and builds from Edmonton, Alberta. Sproule Lit workshop drafts and Phyllux Tech, local first: files as masters, honest length, and tools people can use on a hard Tuesday.
