I do both. I will pants until I'm lost, then back off and sketch an outline, then go in again, then re-outline when the first outline doesn't work. Rinse, repeat, with lots and lots of confusion along the way :-)
Sometimes I start with an idea rather than an image or scene, in which case I begin at outline stage, which is always nice. But something major will invariably change once I've got writing, so it's back to stepping back, then diving in, then stepping back multiple times.
I have tried sticking with one or the other approach and that never works, so I do it this way because I have no real choice.
I have a friend who is an amazing writer, a great plotter, and she writes entirely by pants. Complete mystery to me :-)
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Date: Tue, Jul. 2nd, 2013 05:44 am (UTC)Sometimes I start with an idea rather than an image or scene, in which case I begin at outline stage, which is always nice. But something major will invariably change once I've got writing, so it's back to stepping back, then diving in, then stepping back multiple times.
I have tried sticking with one or the other approach and that never works, so I do it this way because I have no real choice.
I have a friend who is an amazing writer, a great plotter, and she writes entirely by pants. Complete mystery to me :-)