End of the month goal

My goal for March was to finish the first three plots of my Krunkie and the Last Dragon Eggs series.

For the most part, I did accomplish my goal. The first three plots are set. I know what’s happening and were the story is going. I still have a few details to clean up. But I won’t say I’m done because every time I do, I think of something else to add, which is good.

By the time I start writing the books, the story will mostly be finished. I’ll need to add distribution, detail, and character development. I’m hoping by the time I’m actually writing the books, it won’t take me that long to complete a novel.

I’d like to finish a book in a month. Ah, but by now, I should know better than that. I always think, “I can finish in a couple of days, in a week, a month.” Then my imagination kicks in and I do far more writing than I planned. Which is good, because the story is always more interesting when I finish, than when I started.

How do you write? Do you sit, write, and see where the story goes, or do you plan the story first?