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Q&A If you are beginner when it come to writing, should you be pantser? Or plotter?

One doesn't "decide" to be a plotter or a discovery-writer ("pantser" is not considered a polite term in writing circles). One is one or the other, or somewhere on the scale between the two. Some ...

posted 5y ago by Galastel‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T12:32:29Z (about 5 years ago)
One doesn't "decide" to be a plotter or a discovery-writer ("pantser" is not considered a polite term in writing circles). One _is_ one or the other, or somewhere on the scale between the two.

Some writers cannot write unless they've planned everything ahead and know where they're going. Some plan main events, others go so far as to plan the whole story scene by scene.  
Other writers cannot plan at all: they let the story grow under their fingers, letting it take them wherever it would, finding out where it's going and what it all means. Trying to plan blocks and stifles them.

As a new writer, you will have to find out what works for you, how you write best, what's your way to create.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-07-24T01:11:03Z (over 5 years ago)
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