Kimberly Coleman asked Tabitha Barret:

Loved your blog on Feb 21 Writing Problems: Organizing Timelines, Character Histories, or Complicated Fight Scenes -- my series (The Blind Girl's War) is 12 volumes too but thankfully, I don't have 212 characters to mind... are you organized from the beginning or did you go back and organize them over a period of time? I envy your Powerpoint, Excel expertise.. that is brilliant.

Tabitha Barret Thank for your reply! Congrats on writing 12 volumes. It's a daunting task!! I'm on book, 3 but I have tons of notes and chapters written for later books. Working as an office admin and sales asst, I learned all about PowerPoint and Excel, and was thankfully able to apply them to my life. I believe I was working on book one when I realized that a character was going to be killed off in book two, but I had originally planned to keep him indefinitely. Afraid that I would forget when he died, I started the character list. Off course, I have to remember to add new characters when I create them. OneNote became a blessing for reminders instead of sticky notes. Now I don't lose things. Have a great day!!

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