Use Pinterest for Handy WIP Research

Are you on Pinterest? If not, you should be.

I've been using it for a few months now, but I'm just now getting the hang of it. Or maybe I'm just now getting addicted. Whichever.

I pin recipes I want to try to virtual bulletin boards, home decorating ideas to save for later, even parenting craft ideas for one of the websites I manage, PluggedInParents.com.

But I found an even more addicting way to use it: WIP Research!

I use Scrivener to piece together my novels and like that I can save inspirational photos on the bulletin board in the program. But Pinterest is much more fun and browsing-friendly. I set up a "board" for my new WIP and started adding photos of things that inspires me. Photos of people/celebrities who remind me of my characters, clothing styles, places/landmarks, anything. Everything.

Here are a few of the photos I pinned to my WIP Research Board this morning. I'll keep adding as I work my way through finishing this draft, then probably start a different board for the next book.

I highly recommend it! If you join, come find me. (http://pinterest.com/mgbuehrlen/) Let's "repin" together.

:)