Create a notebook called “Book Research,” and save research (transcripts, notes, articles) notes into it.
Read through the notes, labeling important sections.
Copy each label and paste it again at the top of each note in one of three sections: “dramatic, set-piece scenes,” “scenes,” and “themes, event, and facts to remember."
Make the “very dramatic scene” labels purple. Make the regular scene labels red.
Do this for every note in “Book research.” When done with each, move each to to a new notebook called “organized research."
Create a new notebook called “Book writing”
Create a note called “outline.” Write a basic outline, with a header for each part and chapter.
Open the outline as its own window. In the main window, go to the Organized Research note book.
From each note, drag labels into the appropriate chapter in the long outline.
At the end, you will have a very long outline. Mine was 38,000 words.
Copy the chapter one part of the outline.
Go back to the “Book writing” notebook. Create a new note called “chapter one outline.”
Paste the chapter one part of the outline. It's still just a bunch of labels. Sort them into a something like a narrative order.
After all the labels are properly sorted into a chapter one outline, select and copy the chapter’s first section.
Go back to the “Book writing” notebook. Create a new note called “Drafter.” Paste the outline for the first section for chapter one into drafter.
Open the “drafter” as a separate window. In the main window, go to the "Organized Research” notebook.
Copy the top label from the “drafter” document. Paste the label into the search bar at the top right of the main Evernote window.
Find the full original text associated with that label in the main Evernote window.
Copy that original text. Paste it into the drafter. Repeat until the drafter is full of relevant notes for the first section of chapter one.
Draw a dotted line between notes and where you’ll write. Write the first section of chapter one. Repeat steps 11 through 20 until the entire book is written.
…At least. That's how I did it.
