What “Pantsing” Really Means, and Why Most Writers Have it All Wrong
If you’re a writer with even minimal involvement in the online writing community, chances are that you’re familiar with the terms, “plotter,” and “pantser.” And if you’re a plotter who manages to successfully finish books—and by “successfully” I mean get out a sloppy first draft with a rough approximation of a beginning, a middle, and […]
Writing Outside the Lines
Today’s guest post is from Amanda Linehan, a fiction writer, indie author, and INFP. I absolutely love Amanda’s take on writing without an outline, and I think you will too. I remember the first time I ditched my outline. I was working on my third novel, Dragon, and the second one that I would self-publish, […]
The Single Biggest Secret to Pantsing: Trusting Your Own Writing Process
I just started writing a new novel a few weeks ago and I feel like a teenager again. Yes, there is the euphoria and the excitement of magical new lands to discover, and the thrill of new horizons coming into view. But when I say I feel like a teenager again, that’s not what I […]