Continuity Tricks.

(www.VaunMurphrey.com)
Originally Posted April 13, 2014





I found when my imaginary world grew beyond one book that I might need some help remembering my details.



This doesn't mean your story didn't make a lasting impression, even on yourself - this means your brain is working the way that it usually does and shedding minutiae it is no longer immediately using.



My solution to this dilemma is to use a small notebook. At each session, I have it open next to me, and I devote at least a page to every chapter. I write each page number down that I complete and keep a count for that section.

If there are small details, I think I might need I jot them down for reference.



At the end of the chapters, I summarize them for ease of reference. This also helps your story not seem like a massive blob trailing behind you.



I also have been known to draw crude maps of locations so that when I write about that same place on down the road I don't totally change where the front door was by accident...oops!



None of these things might work for another writer but they work for me, and I developed them as I came along. If I help whoever reads this in any way, then I consider that a bonus.



Happy writing all!