@cstross Entirely valid!
I was just curious because that's how I work a lot when programming (NOT, typicaly, when writing) and just go 'okay I know stuff happens here but let's go do somethign else for a while' and let it cook in the backbrain.
But my novel writing experience is...minimal, so I didn't know if it 'doesn't work' or wasn't a preference, or...well, you know.
Thanks!