(Reading old things back that I like to post here. #backfill)

Here's #writingadvice: Do not make overly detailed notes about a scene, especially when you are about to write that scene.

If you do that, and lock yourself into writing that scene as detailed, you'll likely find that you've drained all your interest in writing that scene. (This applies to overly detailed #plots or #outlines, too.)

Best practice when #notetaking is to hint about the scene, provide yourself an emotional hook—or many. Do this especially if you have to stop writing and continue later.

For me, I *want* to discover what my characters will do in tense, dangerous, or overly personal situations, to see their reactions. *This makes writing like reading, substituting page-writing for page-turning*. Works for me.

Yes, characters go off on tangents; I either #backfill #foreshadowing or reprimand them severely! *Bad character!* More often than not, the result is delightful. I admit to #rewriting two scenes in the last months, one 5 times, coming up with something completely different each time!

But. I'm an #author. Rewrites happen, am I right?
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@oneoveralpha for sparking this idea.