I’ve Been Taking A Similar Approach Lately To Find What Ratio Of Plotting Vs Pantsing Works For Me - Blog Posts

sooo.. I finally started my first draft and I'm struggling! I used to write on wattpad so I'm used to making sure every chapter is really polished so trying to just write without revision is hardddd!

Also, just to mention I decided not to plot this time. I noticed in the past when I would plot each chapter I would kind of fall off on it because it no longer fits, so now I'm just doing beginning middle and end and progressing based on my character's arc.

Today I wrote around 1.3k words for the first chapter but it's literally just dialogue and whatever happens that will push the plot forward. So theres no imagery which I know will be a pain in my ass to add in when I edit everything, but it gives me time to practice writing descriptions.

I also didn't completely finish my world building... which I don't know if thats good or not. I have a fully fleshed out magic system and an outline for how the world works, but I think I'll just add things as my book progresses.

Maybe in my next post I'll introduce my main character :)

Anyways, thats my writers rant for the day! Good night everyone