A couple weeks ago, I scanned through the existing chapters for NotMansfieldPark. For the most part, I’m pleased with the story so far, but something seemed off. I took a step and realized I’d given my characters the wrong names. I took about a hundred steps back and realized I needed to flesh out the worldbuilding.
Off the manuscript went to sit on the hard drive while I figured out the basic history for the setting, which led to picking the right names, which led to figuring out exactly how to write the scene where Olivia meets her aunts, uncle, and cousins for the first time.
Onward…