tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post6219353742263723419..comments2024-02-12T17:59:33.534-06:00Comments on RAZORED ZEN: Plotters versus PantsersCharles Gramlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-55338251166450622632006-12-22T12:00:00.000-06:002006-12-22T12:00:00.000-06:00I wrote my first two books without outlines, and m...I wrote my first two books without outlines, and my experience is much as you describe--exciting and fun, far more fun than I've had with subsequent books (although getting stuck in corners was scary). Perhaps that's why so many people stay with that method, because it is such a rush. But I know I get a better book with advance planning, and that's the point--at least for me--ending up with a good book. My readers' enjoyment is more important than my own.cs harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13708705800818667923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-17686569112408599332006-12-21T21:24:00.001-06:002006-12-21T21:24:00.001-06:00Only sometimes the dragging is easy and other time...Only sometimes the dragging is easy and other times it's hard. Wish I could figure out how to make it easy all the time.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-84623746117223786432006-12-21T21:24:00.000-06:002006-12-21T21:24:00.000-06:00Only sometimes the dragging is easy and other time...Only sometimes the dragging is easy and other times it's hard. Wish I could figure out how to make it easy all the time.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-60616675209980916392006-12-21T15:13:00.000-06:002006-12-21T15:13:00.000-06:00I heard Joe Lansdale say once that everybody outli...I heard Joe Lansdale say once that everybody outlines - for seat of the pantsers the first draft is the outline, it's just a big, very detailed outline. He was quoting someone but I'm not sure who had the original thought. I think it's probably true. <br /><br />Wayne and I have talked about how you're dragging a work out of your brain and I think that's true. Outlines help but there's a gestational process in play also.Sidneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284680909152676159noreply@blogger.com