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Not scientifically confirmed but....

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I am finding that by skipping around chapters, meaningful revisions are taking place. I've done this in the past, though not recently enough to recall for which novel. Yet, it's working, and God willing I remember to do it again for The Hawk Book 1. God willing is a phrase I've employed A LOT lately, not merely in conjunction with the electoral process here in America. God willing permeates to as many facets of my life as I recall to hitch it onto, because God willing is how I roll. God willing I will remember to edit books out of order from now on, but no promises, although Future Me winks, smiles, then goes back to her sewing. (Meanwhile Past Me glances up from her spot at the computer, peers around anxiously, then returns to writing. I think she's nearing an important plot point in The Hawk , but honestly, she could be penning a Christmas letter for all I know.) Currently I'm in a quiet moment of what will be a busy day; prepping the house for visitors who might

Non-linear creativity

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Cards made yesterday morning while avoiding cleaning my house, lol. How editing out of order helps as well as hand quilting the perimeter is occasionally necessary. But when creative time is squeezed, better to adapt than not create at all. Well okay! I thought this up about half an hour ago after spending the early (but not stupid early) morning reading through The Enran Chronicles Book 3. Not like delving into it from Chapter One, more like opening the document, peering at the first paragraph, then smirking at myself because right now there are not enough straight uninterrupted days to begin a proper read-through of the novel. Yet on one particular morning, like today, I could peruse a few chunks, which I did indeed do as I scrolled more than halfway through the story, plopping myself into a scene, then within a few minutes finding a typo! What? Well, okay.... Good thing I landed on that page, with enough wherewithal to notice said typo, then correct said typo. I completed that chap