NaraMoore ⛩️👻八尺様👻⛩️ at Fedi#WordWeavers Apr 6: Can you create a character/place/storyhook/device on the spot, if you need to? If so, share an example.
Small stuff or continuing stuff. Lots of smaller characters just come as needed. Places the same way.
Larger stuff, like plots, takes maybe 15 minutes to an hour of off-computer time, batting things around following stray thoughts. Other things may take weeks or months.
Example: I am working on an #AdachiAndShimamura flash. The idea took about an hour to develop with one false start. "What happens if Adachi is marooned and finds a wish-fulfilling lamp?" I wrote the beginning in Proton Docs in bed after it came to me. That is still where it is, needing completion.