Plot a story or go with the flow?

[Sierra~Kelley, Charlie's the best sista eva!]

Is it necessary that we plot a story?
Or do we just write as it comes?

[Sherri]

I actually am doing both O.o

[Sierra~Kelley, Charlie's the best sista eva!]

I actually go with the flow.I can't plot a story.Ever.It just never comes to me.whereas if I write the ideas keep forming.
Oh and I can't edit.If I edit I end up changing the whole story.My stories keep changing every time I read them..

[Sherri]

Lol yeah? Interesting. With my story I know the main events and I have them in my head, but I suck at doing the little details and I've got random scenes and chapters already written down.

[Sierra~Kelley, Charlie's the best sista eva!]

I wish.
if I see a grammatical mistake I click on edit and change the whole chapter because of that one tiny word.
So yeah,I don't have a plot.Like ever.And I would very much like how to know how to plot a story to begin with.

[ℂᖺαᖇᒪἷ℮ ⊰1017 &Tardis⊱, Kelley's fav sister!]

I outline it then let al the details flow

[Sierra~Kelley, Charlie's the best sista eva!]

How do you do it?It's so hard for me to come up with one.And I write stuff which I myself don't understand.
I come up with crazy ideas,which I feel like writing and I do.But the reasoning part,I'd be blank.I can't explain it.

[ℂᖺαᖇᒪἷ℮ ⊰1017 &Tardis⊱, Kelley's fav sister!]

If I come up with a premise, then I work form here. Let's use the story I'm currently writing:
I came up with a premise: Future where people are categorized from birth.
Next: Characters, eventually after thinking day and night about the premise I decide on having 3 main characters and their levels.
Ending: I think about the ending. I have a beginning, characters and an ending
Outline of middle: I spend a lot of time bridging the gap between the beginning and the end. Create an outline, how the characters interact to get that ending. (Takes a lot of late nights staring at the ceiling to create it)
Write: With vague outline in hand write. Be prepared to change your outline as new ideas surface

But everyone is different. That's my process.

[Sierra~Kelley, Charlie's the best sista eva!]

That's pretty cool,Char.For me,I do it waaaay differently.I just start writing.Like spot on.I don't even give the characters or the plot a thought,forget about the ending!
Right now,that's the reason I'm stuck.I have absolutely no clue how to pick up where I left off.

The answers lie in the ceiling!i'm gonna try that:P

[ℂᖺαᖇᒪἷ℮ ⊰1017 &Tardis⊱, Kelley's fav sister!]

I get that, I do that sometimes, just sit down with a blank word document and don't get up until I have a page off the top of my head. But for my big stories, i need structure.

The ceiling really does help!

[Sierra~Kelley, Charlie's the best sista eva!]

Big or small,no structure required!What an author I'd make:P

Umhm,maybe it's just your ceiling...

[ℂᖺαᖇᒪἷ℮ ⊰1017 &Tardis⊱, Kelley's fav sister!]

You have to let the world of your story wash over you, dig deep down to what makes that story tick, you can do it

[Sierra~Kelley, Charlie's the best sista eva!]

*wipes away a tear*You have so much faith in me,sista!
Have I ever told you that you are great at inspirational speeches?

[ℂᖺαᖇᒪἷ℮ ⊰1017 &Tardis⊱, Kelley's fav sister!]

I am? Awesome! "The only way you can have faith in yourself is knowing others will have faith in you"-Me

[Sierra~Kelley, Charlie's the best sista eva!]

*looks the other way and clears throat awkwardly*

Well then

[ℂᖺαᖇᒪἷ℮ ⊰1017 &Tardis⊱, Kelley's fav sister!]

Get writing! Or sleeping!

[Sierra~Kelley, Charlie's the best sista eva!]

*cracks knuckles,brandishes pen and stares at ceiling*