Over the course of this blog, I'm sure you have gathered for each book. I have so many documents to go along with it, it can get so overwhelming trying to find where all my documents are relating to my book, so I thought I would let you guys in on how I organize my book work.
For this, I will be showing you how I do it on google docs, but I have the exact same system in place on my laptop and external hard drive. I have covered some things up because it exposes the name of the books that I am not yet ready to announce.
I have four folders, one not relating to my books and then three relating to them.
One holds all the books I haven't started to write yet and is just a pile of documents with the idea for the book that I will eventually expand on.
The next set of folders is my working folder. This folder holds all the books I am currently writing. Within this folder is a folder for each project. Some folders hold more documents than others. Within these folders, they will hold the book outline, Book bible if I have one for that book. The document holding the draft of the novel, any information I need to remember and parts for the books that I write the ending or something that I am not up to yet.
The other just holds the final copy of all my finished work, the synopsis and any publishing information I need.
By doing it this way, I can easily decide which project I want to work on and open the folder and have everything I could possibly need to work on the book without getting distracted looking for files relating to the book.
