A plotter lays the story all out. Where a pantser just sits down and writes letting it come out as will, writes by the seat of their pants. I'm a combination of both. I do start with an outline but it is very brief, one to two pages. I know my end scene and quite a few key scenes that have to happen to get to that point. I don't have them all because some things fall in along the way.

I think even pantsers need some outline. A framing for what they are building. We might not know what each floor will look like but we have to have structure around to support it. Without that, you maybe be doing a lot of backtracking, rearranging, cutting, and throwing away. And that's sad. I know I don't have a lot of writing time to waste it on writing scenes that I can't use. That doesn't mean it won't happen, everyone has to cut, but with a little forethought, hopefully it won't happen often.

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