I didn't use to plan very much. A quick scribble about the characters, maybe the briefest of outline and that'd be it.
Not anymore. It seems with every book I write, I plan more and more. I now plan each chapter before I write the first word. A few years ago I would have thought that'd be the most boring way to write. I would have planned the book and lost interest in it immediately but I've changed. I now find the obsessive planning helps a LOT and I don't get bored of telling the story and then telling it all over again.
I'm busily planning my new book and I can't wait to get stuck in properly.
Are you planner? Or a pantster?
Planning never feels restrictive to me, there's always more stuff than I can put down in an outline.
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DeleteI'm so rubbish at planning. I tend to wing it then wonder why I forget things & everything gets confused!
ReplyDeleteI have to make notes of facts otherwise people change names and hair colour, jobs etc.
DeleteI planned, I outlined, I planned the outline, I outlined the plan...you get the jist. All of it is so unlike me! What was I thinking?
ReplyDeletePerhaps you could plan the outline of the plan? *head explodes* Perhaps not.
DeleteI think I've spent more time planning than most people would writing a book! Hopefully it should pay off : ))
ReplyDeleteYou should see the reams of paper I've used in my planning. Planning the last book really helped in the long run though so hoping this one will the same.
DeleteMy process is somewhere in-between - a hybrid of sorts. I'm also learning to go with whatever works for me and not try to squish it into a system that I'm "supposed" to use.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely go with what works for you. Planning to death seems to work for me (at the moment) but I know it's not for everyone.
DeleteMostly a pantser. I used to be able to trust my stories to work themselves out but after one totally floundered and flopped, I've started to do a bit more planning than I used to. I don't have time to invest in a project that ends up only bringing me aggravation.
ReplyDeleteMy stories stopped working themselves out so I find it so much easier to work out the path they're going to take first.
DeleteI love setting off on a writing adventure not knowing where I'll end up. Surprising things happen sometimes. But I know I am more likely to finish a story if I do at least a little planning first. A bit of both, perhaps!
ReplyDeleteThat's a good plan (no pun intended!)
DeleteI too, plan more now than I did in the beginning. But I'm still a panster in some ways.
ReplyDeleteThe best of both worlds!
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