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The Creative Writing Process: Plotter or Intuitive?

George R.R. Martin says there are two types of writers: the architect who plans out the entire novel creating a blueprint and the gardener who plants the seeds in the soil, waters it with blood and watches it grow. Which are you?

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Published on February 18, 2015 10:19 • Tags: intuitive, pantster, plotter, writing-process
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message 1: by Werner (new)
Feb 20, 2015 11:20AM

Werner Paula, good post! And very true that there's no "right" method for everybody; the question is which approach works for the individual writer.

I like to start a novel with a written plan --chapter numbers with a notation of what I want to have happen in each one. But both with Lifeblood and my novel in progress, I've wound up changing the plan as I work and new ideas arise, or I see problems with the original design. (The plan for Lifeblood went through a LOT of changes before the final version!) So I guess I'm personally in the hybrid category. :-)


message 2: by Paula (new)
Feb 21, 2015 05:10AM

Paula Cappa Hi Werner: Your words seem to reflect what I hear from a number of authors. Lots of us are hybrids these days. One author told me the "true author is the story itself." I kind of like that because it paid so much honor to the process of story and not the writer.


message 3: by Werner (new)
Feb 21, 2015 06:15AM

Werner I like that quote too, Paula!


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