Comments on: Are You a Planner or Pantser?

By: Different Methods of Writing | Zan Nim - one writer, many tools, lots of advice.

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:05:57 +0000

[...] to the keyboard, or one’s pen to the paper. One will tend to follow the course of either a planner or a pantser: one who pre-writes and plans their novel ahead of time, versus one who “flies by the seat of [...]

By: Fiction Friday: 4 Reasons Conflict is an Essential Tool for Your Characters « Lisa Voisin

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:02:41 +0000

[...] creating a story, whether you’re a planner or a pantser, you know about the importance of [...]

By: Lisa Voisin

Lisa Voisin — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:34:46 +0000

I’m a bit of both. I plan things out and then I go into pantser mode for awhile. If I get stuck, I go back into planning. But mostly, I write by the seat of my pants.

By: How to write a successful novel outline. | The Journeyman Author

How to write a successful novel outline. | The Journeyman Author — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:04:24 +0000

[...] question “are you a planner or a pantser” has popped up everywhere lately. A “planner” is a writer who outlines her novel. A [...]

By: Stuck in a Plot Bind | Marlena Frank

Stuck in a Plot Bind | Marlena Frank — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:00:23 +0000

[...] and I discovered how I could move the plot forward. Although I write some of my best stuff as a “pantser” (read as writing by the seat of your pants), it’s always tough when you hit a road block in [...]

By: Post #6 – Do You Dream of Being a Writer? « project363

Post #6 – Do You Dream of Being a Writer? « project363 — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:29:06 +0000

[...] right, prepare. Plot. Outline (or just be a Pantser). NaNoWriMo is a (free) program/site designed for writers to help them tackle this dream in just [...]

By: It's time! | Unread Author

It's time! | Unread Author — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:12:30 +0000

[...] I’m a pantser. [...]

By: Ezmirelda

Ezmirelda — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:42:19 +0000

I’m trying to convert to plannerism this year but my pantser side won’t have it. As soon as I start writing everything in the outline doesn’t happen. The characters seem to get mad at me for trying to plan their whole future for them. They complain that I don’t let them make enough of their own descisions. Lol, I try so hard to stick with the outline but then the voice in my head keeps saying “I have a better idea than that”. Using an outline and planning ahead makes the process a bit less enjoyable to me. Although what does help is figuring out what who the characters are beforehand because if you’re going to be writing about them the whole story they have to be interesting and important enough to you that you will plow through to the end of the novel to see that their story will be told.

By: guilie172

guilie172 — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:32:37 +0000

Pantster. Total pantster. Ideas bang around in my head for a while. I sit down, start typing. Before midday–oops! 2K words. And YES, this method (if it can even be called that) requires a LOT of… wow, you were kind. “Tweaking” is what I do to the fifth draft, or to a sentence / para that’s already been rewritten (revised, polished and reviewed) a few times. The first draft of my stuff is usually Draft Zero. It’s going to get its little butt whipped, most–if not all–of its A’s (adverbs, adjectives) extirpated, and ALL the darlings I can find snuffed out before it goes even to the kindest and most supportive beta reader. But… That’s how I write. Someone on a NaNo thread mentioned the other day something like “if I write an outline I get bored–it feels like I already wrote the story.” I can’t agree more. in school I’d do the outline after writing the paper… Kind of like an index

Good luck with Scrivener–I love it!

By: acwright1972

acwright1972 — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:43:21 +0000

I’ve only won Nano once and I did a lot of outlining for that novel. I had some of the characters from the previous year’s Nano and worked with that. It was also the most well-written of my Nano novels and my favorite one. However, once Nano was over, I stopped writing it even though I wasn’t even close to being done with it. The next three years after that were tough because I was still thinking about my novel that I liked. It’s been a tough run and I’m hoping I’ll be able to get further a long with this year’s novel. We’ll see. I’m writing in a completely different genre so I don’t know.