The Craft of #Writing: #Pantsing versus #Outlining
- Advantages of outlining
- Advantages of pantsing
- Beth Turnage Writer's Blog
- Chapters and scenes
- Character descriptions
- Copy editing
- Disadvantages of outlining
- Disadvantages of pantsing
- Emotion in storytelling
- Escalating stakes
- Fiction writing
- ghostwriting
- Location descriptions
- Outlining vs. pantsing
- Plot development
- Plot hole tracker
- Research notes
- Story concept
- The Writer's Craft
- Tight first draft
- word count
- Word count limitations
- Writing
The following is from my post on Quora responding to this question: Do writers and authors write out an outline of their novel first? How detailed is the outline? Whether to outline or “pants” (meaning to write by the seat of their pants) is individual to each writer. Some people, (like me,) “pre-write” their books […]