Plotting? Pantsing? Plotsing!

In the eternal quest to improve my writer’s craft, I do three things. These are, for me, the three pillars that make the best, most stable structure for growth. They are:

Writing often (novels and short stories – there’s always something going on in my head) Reading voraciously (in and out of my particular genre mix – see my book reviews) Studying the theory about literature and story crafting (see for example my thoughts on Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 Rules for Writing)....