Rachel, I love everything you shared here! Always fascinated with other writers' processes and especially enjoy learning about your screenwriter roots. Sharing this post, so much good stuff! Xo
(also cannot WAIT to see your dreamy book cover!!)
I feel so much of this, but also am a planster haha. Love that you plotters still feel the magic and your characters run away from you like ours do (honestly? Probably even further since you’re plotting their story). This was so interesting. Thanks for sharing <3 and can’t wait to see the cover
I love this peek into your process so much. It’s also fascinating to see how much your screenwriting background informs your process.
The detail about how even when you had to break things in your book, the spine didn’t change overly much is, I think, the strongest argument for being a plotter.
I pantsed the shit out of my first book and I ended up with beautiful prose wrapped around weak scaffolding, which is such a painful problem to fix. Never again.
Rachel, I love everything you shared here! Always fascinated with other writers' processes and especially enjoy learning about your screenwriter roots. Sharing this post, so much good stuff! Xo
(also cannot WAIT to see your dreamy book cover!!)
I feel so much of this, but also am a planster haha. Love that you plotters still feel the magic and your characters run away from you like ours do (honestly? Probably even further since you’re plotting their story). This was so interesting. Thanks for sharing <3 and can’t wait to see the cover
I love this peek into your process so much. It’s also fascinating to see how much your screenwriting background informs your process.
The detail about how even when you had to break things in your book, the spine didn’t change overly much is, I think, the strongest argument for being a plotter.
I pantsed the shit out of my first book and I ended up with beautiful prose wrapped around weak scaffolding, which is such a painful problem to fix. Never again.
Thanks for sharing!
I’m just learning what a plotter and pantser are but since I’m coming from the screenwriting world as well, this is so helpful and insightful!
Fascinating, Rachel! I am also a lawful plotter but I love seeing your process and also learning how writers' rooms break down stories.
After reading this apparently I’m more of a Pantser than a Plotter even when it comes to my pilots and features lol.