[pitspotter2]

(1) Keep a couple of pencils on the piano to write your fingering on the manuscript, (2) Feel free to ignore the editor's fingering if it's clunky for you, (3) No premature optimisation. Play through sections multiple times before deciding on fingering. If there are two apparent solutions to some fingering problem you might need to try both and then sleep on it, (4) Once you've decided on a fingering, stick to it, because otherwise you risk tripping up by regressing onto a previous fingering.