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In this week’s Story Works Round Table, Alida, Robert, and Kathryn talk about continuity. How important is it to maintain continuity throughout your stories?

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Why is continuity so important? And what opportunities does it present you as an author? How can continuity be tracked through your manuscript? And what should you track? What things within your manuscript help maintain continuity?

What we talked about:

Why is it important to maintain continuity? (1:40)

How do you track continuity through a project? And what should you be tracking? (4:00)

How continuity tracking can help with redundancy as well. (11:04)

Think about the atmosphere of the space. (13:20)

Maintaining seasons and time. (16:10)

How do you maintain time continuity in outer space? (17:18)

Can routine help with continuity. (19:34)

Continuity of character. (23:05)

The opportunities that continuity gives you as an author. (25:05)

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Things we mentioned:

Harry Potter by JK Rowling
The Expanse
Alien
Funny or Die
The Martian

Want more about these topics? Check out:

60 Second Writing Tip: Continuity

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