The idea, and two of the main characters, have been floating around in my head for a few months now, but I just jotted down a paragraph and kept thinking about the other story… (the one which needs research). Then, this morning, I woke up and it was there… I mean, the first six chapters were there. Jotted them down in yWriter, then just kept going.

Now I have 23 chapters, with a paragraph or two for each one, giving a story arc and major characters. There are still a lot of details I know but haven’t written down.

The key this time is to back up everything in addition to the auto backups, even though I upgraded since the crash…