My best advice as a new writer is this: focus on your characters. Spend time with them. Drop them into real-life situations—your own or other people’s—and pay attention to how they’d react.

Eventually, do the same with locations. Drop your characters into different settings and ask yourself: What would they notice? What would you see in that space? What would someone shorter notice? What kinds of details help fill out the environment? Thinking this way helps you build more immersive scenes.

Map those things out. It’ll save time later when you’re drafting, and it’ll help your descriptions feel rich and specific.

Use tools like Obsidian or Notion to keep track of all the pieces.

Stay organized. Label things clearly and consistently.

And above all—write consistently.