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Very (VERY!) Important Note to Self
13 Apr 2010 06:34 pmPlease remember, next time you have a brilliant idea about a particular story problem or angle, you must--must!--write it down. In detail.
Vivid, excruciating detail. No matter how evident you think it is at the time.
Novels, especially your novels, do not write themselves in a day, nor a fortnight; and your brain, as amazing as it is, cannot retain every aha! and what-if? it comes up with and then produce said ahas! and what-ifs? whenever you ask. Certainly not if you ask 4 years after the fact. As is the current case.
Painful Painstaking note-taking is your friend.
Vivid, excruciating detail. No matter how evident you think it is at the time.
Novels, especially your novels, do not write themselves in a day, nor a fortnight; and your brain, as amazing as it is, cannot retain every aha! and what-if? it comes up with and then produce said ahas! and what-ifs? whenever you ask. Certainly not if you ask 4 years after the fact. As is the current case.