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For pantsers like myself, characters appear and basically tell me what their names are.
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I wonder: do other pantsers wish they could be plotters, at least sometimes?
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Some of us are architects, some of us pantsers (though I suspect most of us have a portion of each in us).
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At Write Anything, we have discussed the two main styles of writing – that of plotters and pantsers.
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There are running clubs, knitting clubs, and since 1963, a private club in LA where those who hide birds in their pants can gather and impress fellow bird pantsers.
Laurenne Sala: The Magic Castle: Ex-Nerds With Birds Laurenne Sala 2011
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My gut feeling is that planners tend to be ‘one main draft’ writers, while pantsers are more at home with the multi-draft method, starting with that rough first draft.
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Even for those who are planners instead of pantsers, Joyce Carol Oates has it right.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Getting it Down: Crappy First Drafts 2010
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Some of us are architects, some of us pantsers (though I suspect most of us have a portion of each in us).
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The reason I share it is that I recommend that you pantsers think about giving it a try.
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There are running clubs, knitting clubs, and since 1963, a private club in LA where those who hide birds in their pants can gather and impress fellow bird pantsers.
Laurenne Sala: The Magic Castle: Ex-Nerds With Birds Laurenne Sala 2011
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