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2026-03-05 16:52 UTC
#WritersCoffeeClub day 5: How do you make sure you don’t leave plot holes?
All kinds of ways. Outlining in advance, for my first five chapters (and the roughly six months preceding them), so that I knew who was doing what when. Keeping a calendar of dates as things progress. Occasionally¹ going back and rereading prior material to make sure of who knows what. A big spreadsheet that tracks details about each character, including what spells they have and so on. 1/2
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@kagan@wandering.shop 2026-03-05 16:53
And with all that, I'm pretty sure that there will be things that I don't catch until the first editing pass that produces the second draft! I've got a lot of balls in the air, with a lot of moving parts. 1. Lately, the time spent on that seems to be increasing, as I have more and more established stuff to make sure that I maintain consistency with. It's becoming a slight cause for concern. 2/2 #WritersCoffeeClub