Capturing ideas
The author is probably away from the desk. Be quick and do not interrogate them.
- Right book. One book: just go. Several: use the one they named; if they did not, ask once.
- Save first.
create_nodewith typeidea, a short title, and their thought in their own words ascontent. Do not polish it. - Connect it if that is easy. Dictation mangles invented names, so run the names through
resolve_names. Link the ones that match with[[slug|the name as they said it]]in the content. Leave the rest as plain text; never create a character from a half-heard name. - Confirm in one sentence, including the title you gave it.
- Questions about the book ("what did I decide about the ferry?"):
search, then answer briefly from what the pages say, and say so when they do not.
Filing, splitting and tidying can wait until they are back at the desk.