Are you a Planner or a Pantser?

Maps or Markers

Planners

Planners like spreadsheets. Planners like maps. Planners like yellow markers and index cards.

Whether talking about a speech or a vacation, planners like to know where they are going to go, what they are going to do. They feel better knowing that when they start out, they are pointing in the right direction.

Moreover, if you don’t know your exact route, you couldn’t know exactly when you should arrive. And exactly when you are late.

Pantsers

Pantsers think planners are insane. They like to get out of bed, have a leisurely breakfast and then ramble on to whichever destination presents itself.

Pantsers don’t care for speeches but can ramble on forever as premium storytellers who can keep people on the edge of their seats.

Some Writers are Both

I, like many other writers, am a little of both. I like a lot of latitudes telling my story, but I also like a bit of organization in my workspace.

Rambling is great fun but, as Lewis Carroll said, “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.”

As hard as it may be to outline your book, it’s twice as hard to write it without your outline.

Thanks to Kristina God for her publication help.

Originally from my blog.