My story has begun in June and it's a hot summer. I've completed chapter one and am about half way through chapter two, still in June. I want to move it along gradually through the year, but I'm not sure how. I don't want the story to end up written diary-like, day after day and I don't want to jump from the hot summer to the cooler autumn in on leap. All and any ideas welcome.
Not an additional answer but my word do I need a proof reader...
I have also found this a double-edged sword, even a many-pointed-mace, but every sharp but is an opportunity. My advice is twofold.
Firstly, if you have an idea, write it down. Don't hold off writing a few, or even many steps down the plot line. It's an inspiration and, if you're like me you'll regret not committing those thought to paper.
Secondly, you can fill gaps later. I wrote my Scrooge tale knowing the sections it would be in but without holding myself to writing it down in its final order. I got so caught up in the ending I had to drag myself back to the dialogue sections but it was worth it; if I had insisted on finishing the dialogue before moving on I would never have done it. I think the same goes for everything I'm writing at the moment...
Hope helps, Steve