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Cohosts today are Lauren Hennessy, Lisa Buie-Collard, Lidy,Christine Rains, and Mary Aalgaard!
I surrendered to something about myself last weekend.
I stopped trying to plot and just started writing. Now I feel like this:
Yes, editing can be messier, but--for me--
pantsing is where my creativity lies.
It is what it is.
What about you? Have you learned something about yourself that made you feel free?
If that's what helps you write with joy, do it!
ReplyDelete(This avid plotter would be a mess if I just tried to write.)
It does rather surprise me that I'm like this since I'm such a planner in all other aspects of my life. Total list-maker here.
DeleteGlad you feel so free. Yay! That's what it's all aabout.
ReplyDeleteWell, otherwise I sit there staring at the blank screen trying to plot and getting nothing.
DeleteAs is often the case, now that I'm asked to think about something, I can't remember! The discovery that comes with writing is one of the most fun things. I love when I surprise myself!
ReplyDeleteYes! Surprise. It's thrilling, too, when a character I hadn't been planning on (yes, I do have rough ideas for a story in my head) suddenly blooms and takes over. Some of my favorite characters have come to me that way.
DeleteI always work like that too :) Just sit and see what comes out.
ReplyDeleteIt can be a real adventure!
DeleteI write my best work when I'm feeling care-free and relaxed. Mind you, my favourite scene of all time, I wrote when I was really, really, really mad :):)It was a fight scene so that's okay. Great post, Donna. Have a lovely week.
ReplyDeleteOoo yeah. Writing a fight scene is the best when you're mad. Or an emotional scene when you're dealing with something emotional.
Deletesometimes you just have to say Whiskey Foxtrot Tango, right?
ReplyDeletelove the writer's meme, too
sorry i haven't been here in a while! always lovely to read what you have to say too!
Yeah. Just write the story.
DeleteI just go with it as well. I know the beginning and the end and the rest just comes on in.
ReplyDeleteThe only challenge is doing the plotting requirements after.
DeleteYes, remembering that I would write for free and be happy.
ReplyDeleteIf only ...
DeleteYay for pansters! Fly birdie, fly!
ReplyDeleteI write long. If a story is going to be EPIC, I need time to let it simmer in my brain. For the longest time I felt bad about this, but keeping something stewing for a long time gives it GREAT flavor.
I do need a little time for things to simmer. That's why I usually have visualized certain scenes in my mind long before I write them.
DeleteWhatever works for you, works for you! I'm somewhere between a pantster and outliner. I make very loose notes for each chapter (as few as a line or two to a page) and have a general idea of where I want to go, how the story will end. But that's a about it. However I do work out backstories for my characters, and world build before. It helps put the story and characters in my head and heart.
ReplyDeleteWorldbuilding can be a challenge, but that's what edits are for, right?
DeleteThat was pure fun! Now I better get busy and write something so I can see what words come out.
ReplyDeleteWord spew, right?
DeleteOh yes, pantsing is wonderful fun!
ReplyDeleteI agree. Surprisingly.
DeleteI like that quote. I'm a pantser too. I've tried to plot, but it never works out for me.
ReplyDeleteI've tried. And failed. Tried and sat around looking at a blank screen.
DeleteI write best when I am feeling good and life is pretty settle and stable. I am having to learn to write through the chaos, because life fell about in 2014 and has been a roller coaster ride ever since. Ah, what I would give to remember how it feels to feel free.
ReplyDeleteJuneta @ Writer's Gambit
Wow, learning to keep writing while your life is off balance must be like riding a horse standing up.
DeleteYep, totally agree. It's why I call it discovery writing.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm loving the shamrocks. Sláinte!
Aren't they fun?
DeleteDisapproval from others is about them not you. A lesson everyone should learn from early on. Unless you're involved in something bad, stop it. I too am a pantser Donna and clip with freed Genie is priceless.
ReplyDeleteI think I do better with "plotting" with character development. I can answer key question for my characters and the story fill in from there.
DeleteI love the graphic. I've been writing for so many years, first pantsing and then plotting, as well as trying different formats and genres, that I've found my rhythm and am quite comfortable with it.
ReplyDeleteFinding your rhythm is fabulous! I swear I'm going to figure this out for me and I'll enjoy it more. :D
DeleteI can't do pantsting but I do stray from my plot outlines frequently. I try to be organized but them loose. I admire pantsers though.
ReplyDeleteStraying from an outline has always made me feel like the time I spent outlining was a waste of time. It wasn't, of course, but it feels that way.
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