#plantser

[authorkarajorgensen]

Planning for Pantsers

This week's blog is about how to plan your work when you are naturally resistant to plotting, a discovery writer, or a pantser.

I fully admit that I am a pantser by nature. I love to dive headfirst into writing and figure it out as I go… until it stops working and I hit the wall bug on a windshield style. Over the years, I’ve tried to devise a way to balance out my discovery writer side, which I need to be enthused about writing, with my need to know where I’m going to avoid creating a colossal, unsolvable mess. I like…

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#advice #gardener #organizing your writing #outlining #pantser #plantser #reverse outline #scene cards #three act structure #writer #writing

[stygianpen]

Are you a Planner, Pantser, or Plantser?

Planner. Pantser. Plantser. If you’ve ever participated in National Novel Writing Month (more commonly known asNaNoWriMo) then you are likely to have heard these terms.

Planners

A planner is the most organized of the trio. They start their novels with an outline which they will go on to follow. While organized, they will not necessarily follow their outline to a tee. They can choose to be flexible, or strict. For example, if you jot down the general idea of each chapter without much detail you are just as much of a planner as those who sit down to start the writing process with a 20 page in-depth document, spreadsheet, and bulletin board full of post-its.

Pantsers

Pantsers fly by the seat of their pants! They write without a fixed outline of any sort. Because of this, they vary quite a bit more than Planners do. On one end of the spectrum, a Pantser may just sit down one day and start writing at the first inkling of a story concept. On the other end, they’ll write out a synopsis covering the beginning, middle and end but without much detail between those points.

Plantsers

Not really identifying with Planners or Pansters? Or, identifying with both? Then you are probably a Plantser. A Plantser will take from both sides of the writing fence, enjoying both the structure of some sort of outline and the creative freedom of allowing their mind to run away from that structure at will.

Why Label Yourself?

Writing is all about creativity, so you may be wondering what the point of this labeling really is. Why box yourself in if you don’t have to? The easy answer is: it’s fun. It’s nice to be a part of a subsect of the community that has a mental understanding of one another when getting involved in writing groups.

But, by giving yourself one of these labels you also open yourself up to a number of resources and a better understanding of how your mind works. Searching how other Planners, Pantsers, or Plantsers work could inspire a new way of setting up your own work.

That, and NaNoWriMo has some pretty radmerchfor each writer type ;)

Which Are You?

So, now that you’ve learned about or had a refresher where Planning, Pantsing and Plantsing is concerned — which kind of writer are you? Have you found community within these labels, or a new way of writing that’s helped in your practice?

Let me know — I’d love to hear from you!

#writing #writing community #creative writing #new author #writing help #writing tips #writing advice #writing resources #writing tips and tricks #nanowrimo #planner #pantser #plantser

[yojfull]

🖊 & 👖

🖊 Post a snippet from a current WIP.

(in which the author projects on to her OFC...)

"Sometimes I forget I married a not-nerd," laughed Nora. "Fanfiction is where people take characters from movies or shows or books and reimagine their lives. One of the things that happens a lot is where characters wind up in different relationships than the original material."

"Wait, is this the Kirk/Spock stuff you told me about?" asked Sarah.

"Well, not just that, but yes. I was big into Jadzia/Kira back in the day."

👖 Are you a planner, plantser, or pantser? Is it consistent?

Plantser: I tend to plan things at about the 500 word level in advance, but I also always have at least 50% written before posting so I can stick to a schedule. My outlines are rough, but extant.

#fanfic ask game #plantser #sarah nelson snippet

[just-polls]

#Polls #poll #writing #writers #planning #pantsing #plantser #Writing process #my method is like… #“What plan? There is none”

[ladyazulina]

Would you be interested of be a tester for my new writing course?

So, yeah, hello.

I had this idea of making a course, or workshop, to help people, writers, to… ✨ write their stories ✨ Or at least help them ground some idea and develop it in, first, a three-part story.

It's a four-part course/workshop.

First, three points: the start, the middle, and the ending.

Second, the character(s).

Third, we dive into the three points to turn them into eight. Two to analyze the starting conflict, four to find the pieces to make the story, and two to close it.

Finally, we break all of that into tiny pieces to make an outline, writing the story step by step.

That's basically it.

I know it sounds great for plotters and plantsers kinds of writers, but I would love to try it with pantsers too. I want to find a way to help every kind of writer with their process, but for that I need experience. I'm a plantser myself and this is my first year plotting and outlining a story (honestly, my first year taking any real conscience about my writing process, I don't know how I did it before), so I can only offer what I know, but I'm open to trying to help everyone.

Anyway, I'm almost sure I will have no traction, but if you're interested, let me know and I will build it somewhere for you to ruin it.

Oh! It's intended for new story projects, but if you just started yours or want to try it with an already-in-the-making story, you can do it too!

#writing workshop #writing courses #writing community #writers #writers on tumblr #writing #writerscommunity #writeblr #writerscorner #tester #plotter #pantser #plantser #workshop #course #story #novel #stories

[cranky-kyrati]

👖

Omg thank you for asking! [From this ask meme]

👖 Are you a planner, plantser, or pantser? Is it consistent?

Plantser, definitely!

As I was mulling this question over I realised that at least with Pagan Poetry (but I suspect the same will be true for any longer work I take on in the future), I've approached crafting the story in much the same way I'd approach a large jigsaw puzzle.

Once the initial idea took off in my head, I started by finding the edges (the beginning and the end) as well as the main, distinctive features (major themes and plot points). Then I started filling in the bits in between, sorting pieces as I go. Sometimes I'll find pieces that fit together but which I'm not sure where exactly they'll go, and sometimes I'll find pieces I know roughly where they belong but not how they'll fit with others around them. Sometimes I'll find pieces I've sorted into the wrong pile, or I'll realise that I've been tentatively building a cluster upside down or placed it in the wrong quadrant or whatever.

All of this has been made massively easier by using Scrivener, by the way. Scrivener allows me to write all the different "puzzle pieces" in separate little documents which exist in a hierarchy, where I can cluster pieces that belong together and sort them according to where in the story they should happen. Anything I don't know quite where it belongs I put under "unsorted". Example screenshot under the cut!

Scrivener also helped structuring my research a bit in the early days of the draft, but it has some limitations when it comes to tables and diagrams. Hence I also have a spreadsheet to make sure my timeline makes sense and things like that.

#asks #writing #pagan poetry fic #plantser

[dontdenymeshakespeare]

NaNo 2023 Wrap-Up

I “won”. I finished on a 10k day, I reached 130k for the project and I didn’t still finish my project. There’s a part of me that’s disappointed that I didn’t finish it, but I’m close, progress was made and I was deep in the depths of experimentation. Scriptwriting isn’t something that comes naturally to me, it does require more thought and I always knew that finishing the project was going to be…

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[allnovellas]

Crafting a Story: Plotting vs. Pantsing

In the world of writing, there’s an age-old debate that continues to divide authors: to plot or to pants while telling your story. The term ‘pantsing’ comes from the phrase ‘flying by the seat of your pants,’ meaning to proceed or work by feel or instinct, without a formal plan. On the other hand, plotting involves meticulous planning of the storyline, character arcs, and key events before the…

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#Character development #Creative writing #Pantsing #Plantser #Plotting #Story Crafting #storytelling #Writing #Writing Journey #Writing process #Writing tips

[maddilynmuse]

Out of curiosity, how many of us actually plan ahead?

I wrote Book 1 mostly by the seat of my pants, but I’ve got better ideas for Book 2 at least. I’d still call myself a Plantser at best tho: got an idea of some plot beats but characters just vibe ^w^

#poll #writing #writerblr #writers on tumblr #writeblr #polls #pantser #plantser #plotter #plotting

[onepageofmisery]

From panster to…something else…

Been having an epiphany recently when it comes to writing. When I started writing actively as a teenager, I was a major pantser. I hated structure and wanted to get experimental, and I thought outlines were conformist and interferes in the creative process (Plus, what if certain elements needed to be changed?) and kept on going the pantsing route. All my early works featured on Amazon were made…

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[inspiredbystardust]

Om en uge starter #nanowrimo og det er 3. gang jeg er med. For to år siden omskrev jeg slutningen på min første roman. Og sidste år skrev jeg første rough draft på min bog to (der hænger lidt sammen med den første). Begge bøger er i "romantic suspense" genren. Jeg har altid gerne villet skrive en fantasy bog, og har haft en ide liggende i over 20 år😮 Den oprindelige ide er MEGET forandret nu, den er knap så "sukkersød" og der er bl.a. komme drage shifters ind. Måske/måske ikke er jeg blevet påvirket af Game of Thrones😂😬 Begge portræt billederne er lavet via #artbreeder og dragen er lavet via et andet AI art program (#nightcafestudio ) De er blevet ca som jeg forstiller mig mine to hovedpersoner ser ud. MEN der er så meget mere end blot udseende når du laver dine karakterer. Alt det har jeg nu en uge til at finde ud af OG få lidt bedre overblik over min verdens forhistorie. Fik jeg sagt at jeg ikke er en #plotter og heller ikke helt #pantser men mere en #plantser (sådan 80% pantser og 20%plotter) Så jeg får udfordret mig selv, men glæder mig enormt meget til på næste Tirsdag hvor jeg kommer til at opleve det magiske rige jeg har skabt sammen med min hovedperson Mia (hun mangler et god efternavn??) #nanowrimo #nanowrimo2022 #writerscommunity #forfatter #forfatterliv #wip #prep #nanoprep #characterdesign #worldbuilding #newproject #writing #writinglife #lovewriting https://www.instagram.com/p/CkIN3xZq7c3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[crazybunchwriting]

Me, a pantser, trying to force myself to plot first:

“I don’t wanna outline anymore I wanna write it now; plot or no plot!”

#writing #syds thoughts #rambles #outlining #pantser #plotter #plantser

[author-mandi-bean]

How to Plot a Novel (Or Not)

My goal is to have my plot mostly finalized by Halloween and dive into NaNoWriMo on November 1st. I want to finish my work in progress, so I have a goal of 50,000 words for the month. It's a lofty goal, sure, but I'm excited to get started.

Currently, the major goal of my writing life is to finish a draft of my third novel, tentatively titled Lightning Strikes. To do that, I need to develop and stick to a writing schedule, and I know I’ve talked about that at nauseum. Luckily for me, NaNoWriMo is “write” around the corner (haha, get it?). NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month and it takes place every November. There’s plenty of…

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[kzielinski]

Hello there everybody! I have just created a new blog! Yay Me! The whole purpose of this blog is to encourage fellow writers to keep on writing. NaNoWriMo is just around the corner, so all of you Planners, Pantsers, and Plantsers, join me on this journey!

#writing #writerslife #fanfic #original work #AO3 #nanowrimo #planners #pantser #plantser

[mini-and-mighty]

Making NaNoWriMo memes > actually finishing my outline

#nanowrimo 2023 #nanowrimo #writer #writeblr #national novel writing month #memes #im a plantser

[sarah-sandwich-writes]

sometimes to make the words go you have to get out a sketchbook and an obnoxious marker and let yourself be as dumb as you feel on the inside

unfortunately sometimes this leads to Plot Points™

#writeblr #original fiction #writing is hard #outlining #plantser problems #writer problems