tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post5296056274440987595..comments2024-03-26T17:32:38.865-04:00Comments on YA Outside the Lines: Pushing Through the Fear (Cheryl Renée Herbsman)Brian Katcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159532800819759917noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-69404494121068859142012-10-18T11:43:49.303-04:002012-10-18T11:43:49.303-04:00I've tried defecting to the plotter's camp...I've tried defecting to the plotter's camp, but the pantser camp keeps calling me back. Great post!Lauren Bjorkmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17461938401652697707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-78325513689906080462012-10-17T10:23:42.786-04:002012-10-17T10:23:42.786-04:00BEAUTIFUL turn-of-phrase about panic creating faul...BEAUTIFUL turn-of-phrase about panic creating fault lines...Holly Schindlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16742207239654178917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-5242348615017820762012-10-16T10:54:33.579-04:002012-10-16T10:54:33.579-04:00Yep, that's how I am, too. Outlines take away ...Yep, that's how I am, too. Outlines take away all the fun and magic for me, turn writing into a chore. And this -- "write the story to figure out what the story is" -- is exactly how I work. Glad to know I'm not alone :)Cheryl Renee Herbsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11595992414749542004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-35497797508105935452012-10-16T08:42:24.226-04:002012-10-16T08:42:24.226-04:00Cheryl, I am totally a pantser. For a long time I ...Cheryl, I am totally a pantser. For a long time I revised as I went and outlined ahead of time and, for me, it was crippling. Mostly just second guessing everything and expecting perfection first time around. When I let all that go, and just wrote, it freed me up. Yeah, the first drafts are awful, but I know I can revise and it's much better to have something TO revise. I keep thinking of Robert Frost: "the only way out is through" and write the story to figure out what the story is. Jody Casellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892174349776047862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-45817225066218462542012-10-15T23:27:24.797-04:002012-10-15T23:27:24.797-04:00So I'm not the only crazy person walking aroun...So I'm not the only crazy person walking around in terror that I won't be able to figure out what happens next?Cheryl Renee Herbsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11595992414749542004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-44127979627523925862012-10-15T19:17:43.635-04:002012-10-15T19:17:43.635-04:00This first-draft process sounds startlingly famili...This first-draft process sounds startlingly familiar ... ;-)Jennifer R. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03408588432492354248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-81846424447558359952012-10-15T11:28:47.771-04:002012-10-15T11:28:47.771-04:00Oh no! A defecting pantser :)
Go with what works,...Oh no! A defecting pantser :) <br />Go with what works, even when that changes! I can totally see why people plot. It makes a lot of sense. It just doesn't work for me. But if it works for you, go for it. Just remember to stay open to the little bursts of magic that want to push their way in ;)Cheryl Renee Herbsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11595992414749542004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-47946338320091436012012-10-15T11:22:40.920-04:002012-10-15T11:22:40.920-04:00I'm a hybrid pantser-plotter who up until rece...I'm a hybrid pantser-plotter who up until recently was a complete pantser. Not knowing where the story is going makes it exciting to write, also terrifying, but I realise it can also be time wasting because I end up needing major rewrites. I think I may be about to defect and turn plotter :/Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06288802923434609582noreply@blogger.com