Episode 012: Ways of Writing

Pantser? Plotter? How DO you write, anyway? In this episode I meander around the different approaches to how a writer can write, and talk some about why it’s important AND why it’s not important. After a long introduction talking about how I was sick with a cold and full up with chicken soup, I get to the meat of it: explaining the difference between pantsing and plotting/outlining and how knowing your preferences is more important than hewing to any instructions on how you “should” do it. We all hate that word “should”, don’t we? Good.

I have to apologize a little for this podcast, since it’s pretty clear to me now that I was doped up on cold meds when I recorded it, and so it is a bit rambly. I also introduce it as episode eleven, not twelve. Listen, y’all, that was a rough week for me! <3

Alchemical Lesson of the Week

What works for others might not work for you, or might only work for you sometimes. All that matters is what gets you to THE END!

Links

Two methods of writing fic:

https://soundofez.tumblr.com/post/139687286873/the-two-methods-of-fic-writing (since deleted)

http://kimboosan.tumblr.com/post/167912763287/the-two-methods-of-fic-writing