Are You a Panster?
By Cindy K. Sproles I’ve never liked the word panster . It feels unorganized, though I completely understand the title. I’m a bit on the hyper side, and though my mind shoots in a zillion different directions, I’m never just guessing that life will happen. You know, Que Sera Sera-ish—whatever will be, will be. Nope, I have a plan and a direction, I just don’t implement it the way others do. I prefer to say, I write from the hip. When I did my research, I found tons of writers who consider themselves pansters. In other words, writers who really don’t write by an outline. They, for lack of better words, fly by the seat of their pants. Still, I find the word a little misleading. Even pansters have an idea of where they want to go. There are a couple more popular ways to look at developing a novel. Some use an outline. They take a sheet of paper and list each plot point, then follow that to a tee through the end of their work. Then others claim to just sit down and write. Here...
