"How I Went From Writing 2,000 Words a Day to 10,000 Words a Day"

Don't worry – it's not as hacky as it sounds. It's good, solid "tried this and it works" advice from published author Rachel Aaron.

http://thisblogisaploy.blogspot.ca/2011/06/how-i-went-from-writing-2000-words-day.html

I think everyone should take a few minutes to read this.

Memento – Structure Visualisations

From the world of clever narrative timeline visualisations – check out this article on some clever visualisations of Memento:

http://www.filmdetail.com/2010/11/18/memento-visualisations-christopher-nolan/

And as they mention there are some cool diagrams on the Wikipedia page too –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_(film)#Plot

I really like the ones that employ the U-turn structure, so the B&W flashbacks (which go forward chronologically) zip together with the main colour narrative, which is chronologically reversed:

Look very closely at this last one. Very clever indeed. Anyone reminded of how DNA folds?

I might see about inverting the colours and printing it out for a more detailed look.