30 WIP Challenge Day 10!

How did you start the book/wip? Did you jump in or did you outline?
I actually did some research on elements before as I created the characters. After I created the characters I jumped right in. It started on paper in first person through Autumn. Half way through when they get to Bean the Dancing Dragon I stopped and started to type it out and it changed to third person. I have outlined the rest of the books in the trilogy though. Playing with Magic the second book, the rough draft is finished I have some things to fix, but it came out pretty good.