Continuity check
Methods & processA review of whether facts, movements and character knowledge remain consistent across a story.
Example
A ring left behind in chapter 4 cannot reappear in chapter 7 without being recovered.
A continuity check follows details that must remain compatible across scenes: injuries, possessions, dates, travel and what each character knows. It also asks whether changes have an explanation within the story.
A timeline and story bible help with this pass. Deliberate contradictions, such as those involving an unreliable narrator, need to be distinguished from mistakes so that planned clues survive revision.
In the workshop
Track one kind of detail per pass rather than relying on memory.
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