Scheduling and Timing: Something I'm bad with!

After last week's gloomier post, I wanted to made things a bit more light. So, without much complaint, my blog post:

I managed to watch the first two episodes of a sitcom a month ago. That's about average for me. No matter how much I like the show, I tend to forget about it a week later.
Heck, I just looked at my computer's clock and saw it was almost 10pm. ABC's Fresh Off the Boat was on two hours ago. Like I said above, I watched the first two episodes and forgot about it. I realize too late that said show is on.
There are a long list of shows that I forget about as they come on. American Dad, Family Guy, New Girl, various cartoons on Cartoon Network, and etc.

Why do I forget them? Well, possibly because they don't interest me as much as I think. That's plausible.

Why am I even bringing this up?
Well, possibly because I'd like to discuss timing in novels. Simple.

The thing that I work on to the greatest extent for my novels in the timing, the scheduling of events, and the progression of all these things. In Rising Seas, every single event was cemented in place and there was little room to move anything. Yes, Vladimir could have met Ajatar first or Locke first, but he didn't. Event's like the boat wreck or the temple scene had a set place after the Devil-Lord's appearance.
I fine tune the hell out of all these events, but often I create strange plot loops that... Yeah... Things end up strange.

I work on the scheduling so much that I tend to forget everything else. Magic systems, plot ideas, characters. Everything else gets lost!

It reminds me of the N64 game, Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (it recently got a 3DS updated rerelease!) where all of the side quests had a very specific scheduling and, if you wanted to beat the game to the fullest, there was a long, hard side story that required expert timing. You had to be at the right place, the right time, with the right stuff or you absolutely had to start over! Luckily, you had a handy, dandy notebook that kept track of all the notes. Hell, whenever I do that quest I use a GUIDE so I don't mess it up. I have a hard time keeping a novel in my noodle let alone a quest for a game!


My point in all this is... I need a better balance! Yeah, and to take notes or something... That too.

Anyway, thanks for reading and keep checking around. I'll probably start talking more about Regolith sooner or later....