If you're brave enough to fly

These last few weeks I’ve been struggling to write.

Some of this is due to a change in meds and a teething baby who has interrupted my sleep.  Some of this is due to normal human suit issues making it difficult for me to concentrate for long.

Last night, while pondering, I figured out what most of it is from.

A while ago, I made the realisation that I was moving from being a pantser to a plotter.  I’ve always traditionally found my story through multiple drafts.  Which has always been fine, when I’ve had the time to spend on drafting and redrafting.

But now?  My time is very limited, and will continue to be so for a long time to come.  And I’ve fallen back into he habit of pantsing.  Which has become very frustrating, since I’m just working on the same thing and feeling like I’m not getting anywhere at all.

And so.  It’s time for me to sit down and do some heavy duty plotting.  Which means that I’m going to be taking things pretty easy for the rest of the year and probably brushing up on some outlining techniques and the like.

This makes me curious about the writers I know – are you a pantser or a plotter?  And how does this relate to how much writing time you have?

Mirrored from Stephanie Gunn.