Michael Crichton’s Method for Plotting Out a Story

We have all been touched by Crichton one way or the other. He gave us Jurassic Park. Apart from selling over 200 million copies of his books worldwide, Crichton was also a successful film producer, film director, screenwriter, and television producer. How did he create those complex plots? As a student at the Harvard Medical School, Crichton would carry with him 3″ x 5″ index-cards, writing down sub-plots and dialogues as and when they occurred to him and stuff them in shoeboxes. Every now and then he could arrange those on a large table and get to writing. That’s discipline leading to creativity and productivity. (Source: Writers Helping Writers)

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