short story. As you work you suddenly get an inspiration for

Piers Anthony described that in "authors notes", and how his style changed as technology improved.

To make a long story short, when an idea intrudes log it in another file for that purpose and then return to the current job.

By "log" I mean append a note to a log file, as opposed to editing the new information into the body of notes. A different task will be to go over new logged notes and work them into the organized structure, musing and giving the whole attention to this story.

An intrusive idea is like a sneeze. Get it out, wipe up, and don't get your current work pushed out of your mind.

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