Novel suck, spoken as a short story writer. I guess I just think in short story lengths. I'm trying to work on a novel and I get lost in the length and details. So I'm trying to outline or something like that. I'm not thinking in a classic scene chunk. Nor am I thinking in chapter lengths. I hope to figure this out in time to start NaNo in two and a half weeks. I tried to make a "scene" card in which I would describe each scene. That didn't work because I didn't break it down into stand alone scenes. So now I'm going to try bigger chunks which can have a few scenes each. My scene cards looked something like this (I couldn't get any kind of formatting to work):

Ch____________Sc________________Brief description___________
Date/time start end___________________Location start/end___________
POV_____________________________Others___________
Scene function___________________
Opening Hook___________________
Problems___________________
Goals___________________
Action___________________
Outcome___________________
Unresolved___________________
Ending hook___________________

I printed these out four per page so I had a bit more room than a 3x5 card. Not quite big enough. Next week you may see how my larger, chunkier cards look. Assuming that they work out better.

Links below:
This is what a space craft looks like:
http://360vr.com/2011/06/22-discovery-flight-deck-opf_6236/index.html

A dog walks into a bar:
http://writeitsideways.com/how-to-enrich-a-story-with-strategic-humour/

Build the structure:
http://blog.janicehardy.com/2013/10/how-to-plot-with-three-act-structure.html

Let the journey begin:
http://blog.janicehardy.com/2013/10/plotting-with-heros-journey.html

And continue:
http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/7-reasons-to-write-an-entire-1st-draft-before-going-back-to-the-beginning?et_mid=641173&rid=239628287