I’m a pantser. I fly by the seat of my pants. I can’t outline. I have many ideas and plots in my head, but really, the characters don’t begin to come to life until I begin writing.
I put myself into their shoes and figure out what they’d do, what they’d say, etc. Sometimes I surprise myself when I can’t think of what to write next and then it comes to me.
But I do write myself into walls and then end up wasting a lot of time…I’ll have “Oh crap” moments where I realize that science or logic or some little tidbit just doesn’t work and it requires a major overhaul or a complete changeover to make up for one little thing.
I suppose outlining could fix all of that. Many writers swear by it.
What do you do, 3.5 readers?
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