Planner? Pantser? Plantser!
Hi, everyone! Skye has set us an interesting subject for this month's round robin, so here we go... Planner or Pantser? That's a common question for writers. No matter how we answer, we're going to disappoint some readers and, specifically, other writers. That's as ridiculous as a marathon runner despising a gym bunny who despises a daily dogwalker, or vice-versa. As some wise person put it; the best exercise is the one you do. I think it's the same thing with writers. If planning works for you, plan. If you’re better at pantsing, pants. Mind, I have a caveat or two about this. A good analogy is cooking. There are those who follow the recipe minutely, weighing out each ingredient, and those who follow it sort-of, adapting adlib. There are those who know what they want to make (i.e. chicken curry, chocolate cake, scones, or something-with-the mince-pumpkin-and-tinned- tomatoes-that-need-using) and simply make it up as they go along. The analogy is not ...