The Snowflake Method

What I get out of the Snowflake Method:
1. Your story in one sentence.
2. Expand your sentence to a paragraph.
3. Write the blurb for your book (that you see on the backs of books), but include the ending.
4. Write your book in a page.
5. Write a page about each main character - motivations, desires, what they do/what happens to them, end goal reached/ outcomes.
6. Expand your story into three pages - beginning, middle, and end.
7. Break into a plotline with steps, connected with character's pages

There are several versions of the snowflake method, and it really depends on the writer what you want to do. But this helped me figure out what my book was really about and get my plot organized, so I know it can really help!

Some pages on the Snowflake Method/more instructions:
http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/art/snowflake.php
http://www.writerscafe.org/courses/So-You-Want-To-Write-A-Novel%3A-What-Method-Should-You-Use%3F/4782/The-Snowflake-Method/4783/
http://jordanmccollum.com/2009/10/pros-cons-snowflake-method/
http://bubblecow.co/see-how-easily-you-can-write-a-novel-using-the-snowflake-method/