I think the act of retyping helped me get into the groove with the story, so when I reached a part where I needed to write new material, I already had momentum from the retyping.

That's really neat to hear! And having it directly articulated like that, I realize that's probably one of the reasons it works for me, too.

Hearing it makes it easier to catch continuity errors also makes a lot of sense. That aspect of it might factor in with me more if I wasn't (to my own detriment?) just constantly, constantly rereading, hah.

Here's hoping it works similarly well for your next project!