Good Info Dumps are Hard
I don’t worry about this recharacterization until editing. If I need info in the story during drafting, I just drop it in. There are times I cut it wholesale, though, because it isn’t relevant to the moment. If you intend for it to be an exciting plot reveal and it isn’t, do you need it at this moment in the story at all?
Diction is Hard
Why is it hard, though? Well, our brains are inherently lazy. Once it finds a path that works, it retreads that as often as necessary to conserve energy. Making better work is forcing your brain to avoid those well-trodden paths.
Consistency is Hard
If you don’t work hard, you won’t have a book. If you don’t pay attention, whatever book you have will be an incomprehensible mess.
Calendars are Hard
Calendars are hard. For the sake of this blog, we’re going to talk about two different kinds of calendars: real-world and novel-based.
Pacing is Hard
Pacing is how quickly or slowly things happen in your book. This sounds straightforward. It’s not. All of this goes to structure, both story and sentence.