How to Make the Best Use of Your Ideas

Most writers develop their own process, and everyone's probably does the same elements. But what you generally need to do is at some point to have a root map to follow. You'll also spot if you've got ideas you haven't used well enough. A very, very common thing I find when assessing manuscripts is that there'll be threads that start, and they don't have the consequences that they should have. And those consequences would make great story elements.