#but that is a problem for laaaaattteeeerrrrrrrr

[incandescent-creativity]

I don’t post writing advice as often as I used to anymore, but one of the things I would recommend to people is to take time to do admin work on your story.

This isn’t going to apply to every writing process (what advice does) but if you’re like me, you have a Scrivener file with loads of spaces for notes that will theoretically make your life easier in a few thousand words,

but only if you actually take the time to fill them out.

I’m finding it very helpful to slow down when I reach moments of narrative pause (e.g. just finished a chapter, in between major plot arcs) and look back at what I’ve written, and then go to OTHER sections of my document and write down major takeaways.

Mostly this has been names of side characters that came up, timeline things that I want to stay consistent in the future, stuff that I said I would follow up on later that I will forget to deliver on if I don’t write it down.