Follow SlideRocket If you're asking how to make a storyboard you're already on your way to creating an engaging story. Most people, myself included, often just dive into their creative work and skip the storyboard step, much to their detriment. Whether you make presentations, movies, animations or write books or blogs, a storyboard helps you develop a stronger storyline. With a series of panels, each dedicated to a scene or concise idea, making a storyboard will help you to: Easily visualize your story Quickly break your story down to its component parts Save a lot of money on designers or shooting Distill your story so you can better pitch it to your boss, advertisers, investors, (or even your spouse) Come up with fresh ideas (storyboarding is also brainstorming!) How to Storyboard Making a storyboard and collaborating with others is fairly simple. It can be as rudimentary as writing ideas on sheets of paper and taping them to the wall. Or you can use software like SlideRocket to create a digital storyboard, which is of course easier to share and collaborate. We use both approachs, depending on the project. Here are 7 Tips on How to Make a Storyboard #1 Lay it out Storyboards are a visual tool, so write (and draw) your ideas on a series of panels (we use presentation slides here at SlideRocket). Limit each panel to a single scene or idea -- you can always consolidate (or cut) later. #2 Get it all out there Pour your