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title: My Ink Stained Fingers Episode 7 Show Notes: Mind mapping and writing. Almost as good as chocolate and peanut butter
author: Tris
date: 2021-03-30
url: https://www.trishussey.com/episode-7-show-notes/
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I was really excited to finally get a chance to chat with Chuck Frey. We’ve been in each other’s orbits for probably a decade, but we haven’t actually spoken until now. 



We talked about how to use mind mapping for writing, ideas, even project management. It’s a great synchronicity because not an hour before I recorded the episode, I was recording an [episode with Brett Terpstra](https://anchor.fm/tris-hussey/episodes/Brett-Terpstra-and-creating-tools-for-writers-eteqkf) and *he uses mind maps for writing*. Mind blown.



Chuck is most famous for the [Mind Mapping Software Blog](https://mindmappingsoftwareblog.com) and true to our conversation on using mind maps to improve your writing, he’s just released a free ebook—[How to Streamline your writing with mind mapping software](https://mindmappingsoftwareblog.com/writing-with-mind-maps-ebook/). I read it ahead of our chat and it’s a great primer on getting using mind maps not just to *write* a book, but how to track and promote it too.



In our chat, Chuck mentioned a series of post by [Roger C. Parker](https://contentmarketinginstitute.com/author/roger-c-parker/) on using mind maps for content marketing:



How to Create an Idea Dashboard to Track Your Favorite Content Ideas: [Content Ideas Dashboard for Favorites](https://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2012/08/dashboard-to-track-content-ideas/)[How to Organize Your Blog Content with A 3-Step Post Tracker](https://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2014/01/organize-blog-content-post-tracker/)Top 10 Mind Mapping Productivity Tips for Content Marketing Success: [Mind Mapping Productivity Tips](https://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2012/09/top-10-mind-mapping-productivity-tips-for-content-marketing-success/)



At the end of our chat Chuck started talking about an app called [Speare](https://www.speare.com) for working with content in a new way. True the all the snafus I had last week recording, I only got part of the conversation downloaded.



It’s a shame because the tool looks really cool. Essentially, you break content into blocks and those blocks are assembled into a complete piece. I might have to give it a try.



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Music, as always, by [Derek K. Miller](https://www.penmachine.com).