{"id":4028,"date":"2016-12-13T17:02:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T22:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=4028"},"modified":"2016-12-13T17:02:02","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T22:02:02","slug":"using-trello-to-keep-your-projects-organized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/13\/using-trello-to-keep-your-projects-organized\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Trello To Keep Your Projects Organized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, I took an online course this past summer that gave a ton of tips for &#8220;hacking&#8221; one&#8217;s writing (including tips for getting more done, for sticking to one&#8217;s schedule, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>One of my favourite discoveries was <a href=\"https:\/\/trello.com\" target=\"_blank\">Trello<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4029\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/13\/using-trello-to-keep-your-projects-organized\/trello\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/trello.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"417,119\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"trello\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/trello.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/trello.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4029\" src=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/trello.jpg\" alt=\"trello\" width=\"417\" height=\"119\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"layout-centered-big-image-img aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d2k1ftgv7pobq7.cloudfront.net\/meta\/u\/res\/images\/caab7e472de537723d48502e10854ac1\/tour-board.jpg\" alt=\"Trello Board\" width=\"710\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a free online site that you can sync with the app where you use a system of boards, lists and cards to organize your life.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been using it to keep my projects, story ideas, deadlines all in order because my previous system of scribbling in notebooks, Scrivener, Excel, Evernote just wasn&#8217;t cutting it for me.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, you create a <strong>Board<\/strong> &#8211; say one for each book. 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