Are you a plotter or a pantser?

So… I had never heard the term ‘pantser’ before this prompt, 🤷🏽‍♀️ but a quick search clarified this for me.

Along with the definition came the option of a ‘plantser’, which is a combination of the two and my answer. 👍🏽

Despite being a plotter in every other aspect of my life with a minimum of 15 alarms throughout the week to guide my daily activities, 🤦🏽‍♀️ my writing is the one area where I do not plan or even pretend to plan. 🙀🤔

I suppose that if I were to actually plot out my stories that I might successfully finish a full one enough to an acceptable ending. 😜 However, life is an unfinished tale and so I struggle with forcing a story into a predetermined plot even though I know that is indeed how stories get told.

So, I go in this circle of plot or pant. 🔄

One thing I do know is that being a pantser tends to require more editing than a plotter might need, but I’m quite comfortable with just writing ✍️ when the mood hits me and the words flow.

Thus, the short answer is ‘plantser’. 🤩

~T 😀