Authors' Handwritten Charts and Outlines
Norman Mailer’s character timeline for Harlot’s Ghost.
A lot of the work of novel making is the handling of an immensely complex imaginary system of people, incidents and actions. Not surprising, a lot of writers resort to charts, outlines and graphs to handle it.
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Joseph Heller’s chart outline for Catch-22.
J.K Rowling's chart for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
James Salter’s outline for Light Years.
Sylvia Plath’s outline for The Bell Jar.
William Faulkner’s outline for A Fable — written on his office walls.
Part of Jennifer Egan’s plan for her short story “Black Box.”
Henry Miller’s manuscript plan for Tropic of Capricorn.