Pretty Much A Pantser
Doug thank
you for having me as a guest on your blog page this week! I am glad to be here with
today’s question; Plotter Or Pantser?
I am what
you’d call a pantser when it comes to writing. Sometimes I will type up a quick
five minute one page info dump before I begin a manuscript. Which is weird. For
my young adult books I don’t do anything of the sort, but for some reason with
the adult stories I need a little more guidance in my head.
It’s not
like I need a written full blown outline or diagrams and charts (like a plotter
might utilize). I don’t even use those sticky notes. Just a one page document I
type up on my Word program keeps my head straight. And oddly enough, after I
type it up I may never look at it again.
I read how
some authors for the big publishers use outlines, and one day thought maybe if I
used outlines I could become a better writer. Not so.
I find that if
I write an outline I try to follow it too much and that distracts from the free
flow of my creativity. Basically it holds me back and hinders my thought
process. So I choose not to be a serious plotter because writing by the seat of
my pants is what works best for me.
What works
best for you when you write a blog, a school paper, or a novel? Do you plan it
out, or wing it like a pantser?
Laci Paige
is the author of Let’s Keep On Truckin’ by Decadent Publishing. Laci lives with
her husband, children and a cat in the state of Virginia. When she isn’t
writing or reading she enjoys photography.
Blurb from “Let’s
Keep On Truckin’” (By Laci Paige and Decadent Publishing, heat level 4).
Lily loves traveling on
her job since no one can do it better than her. Being out on the open road
gives her plenty of time to reflect and avoid unwanted attention, but somehow
it always finds her....
When she comes across Ryder, first at a grocery store, then at a rest stop, sexual desire sparks and she knew she had to have him. If only her ex hadn't shown up, igniting a fantasy she never thought possible.
Seeing Alex in a whole new light, Lily realizes second chances are in order, but will she have to choose between the two men? Or could she be happy with both?
When she comes across Ryder, first at a grocery store, then at a rest stop, sexual desire sparks and she knew she had to have him. If only her ex hadn't shown up, igniting a fantasy she never thought possible.
Seeing Alex in a whole new light, Lily realizes second chances are in order, but will she have to choose between the two men? Or could she be happy with both?
Available
for purchase from: http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Keep-on-Truckin-ebook/dp/B00816ZX9S/
& http://www.decadentpublishing.com/product_info.php?products_id=540&osCsid=1okloom7mnbvupdk81i3741s21
Thank you for joining us today, Laci. It has been a pleasure visiting with you!
I am writing a YA fantasy fiction series and I'm a total panster! Love it and I am looking forward to my launch of the first book in my series! Good luck with your book, I wish you prosperous times ahead!
ReplyDeleteThank you Lisa! :) I also write YA under a different pen name. That's a tough genre to break into! Good luck!
DeleteInteresting. I love finding out about my fellow writers!
ReplyDeleteI've come to the conclusion that I'm a combination pantster and plotter. I start out as a pantster, writing with "what if" in mind, but then as I near the end of what I'm writing, I go back and create a timeline to make sure everything happens in sequence and that all loose ends are resolved. Strange, I guess, but it works for me.
ReplyDeleteI liked today's post. LET'S KEEP ON TRUCKIN' sounds like a book I'd enjoy.