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Do You Wing it, Or Do You Create a Plan to Do It?
There is something to be said for both choosing to wing it and planning.
For most of my writing career, I have been a pantser.
If you are unfamiliar with this term, what it means is that I mostly write by the seat of my pants. I sit down at the keyboard, take an idea from my head, and put it on the screen.
This is still largely how I create my blog posts. But not entirely.
There is something to be said for having a plan.
For the longest time, I was leery of planners. Planners create anywhere from a basic outline to a chapter-by-chapter outline before they ever get to writing.
I’ve discovered that working from a plan doesn’t shackle you like I feared it did. Having a plan, in fact, has given me much more room to create — because now, I know where I am going.
This is why my Forgotten Fodder series has such a clear plot. For the first time, I plotted out each book, chapter by chapter.
While that included some detail and key elements, it didn’t in any way take away from my creative process. Having that focus, I believe, made it even easier and clearer.
