Pantser Tries Plotting Like JK Rowling // WRITING EXPERIMENT

i love ur room nice view

Thank you for this video! I also hate plotting😂

I have recently found out that I too am a Planster, pant first plot/plan later >//////< I do a LONG pant, turn it into a snowflake to get rough chapters, then make my plot grids with more detailed timelines etc. It takes SO MUCH TIME but it's so worth it because it's help me take a step back, helps me see the big picture and get things to where the story wanted to be =]

I think I might use this 🤔

i was struggling with plot holes today and i was soo sick of trying to figure out what was the problem and all that. then i decided to rest a little while i watch your videos (because i relate a lot) and it literally gave me the strength of continuing. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! you are such an inspiring and brilliant mind. i look forward to your work 💖💖💖 (p.s. i was following you on insta and i didn't even knew you have a channel, so me exploring here is a total destiny i suppose) LOTS OF LOVE ALL THE BEST X

i'm obsessed with you literally i found myself in peace watching this channel like YOU DON'T GET IT YOU ARE BRILLIANT

How did this turn out in the end? Also what made you write it in hand first? Was it to stop yourself from going back and editing the ideas before you got all the way through? I can see that would be a good way to put a lid on going off on tangents.

Just started listening to your channel recently its great. Question: I'm a pantser too but my book is roughly about a third of the way in. Do you think doing this sort of plotting would help that early on?

I find that I’m a plantser because I can’t do a hardcore outline but I also can’t go completely by the seat of my pants. My technique that I’ve developed is that I open a new google doc and write down anything and everything that happens in my story in chronological order in as much detail as I can muster. It’s kinda like a short version of the story but I don’t have to write out every scene. I call it a rough-rough draft. My latest rough-rough draft was like 6000 words and the first real draft will probably amount to somewhere in the 50k to 60k range. Once I finish my rough-rough draft, I can also use other outlining methods(I actually recently made something similar to the plot grid where I opened up a google sheets doc and dedicated a row to each chapter and a column to each plotline) to further refine and conceptualize and get a more in-depth. If anyone does something similar to this, lmk in the replies!

I love this!!! I am also a total pantser and whenever I try to find videos on plotting they are not suitable for a fantasy book series with multiple POVs. Trying to use the common techniques is hard for me when I have to think about more than just a simple straightforward plot for a novel, so thank you! I finally found what I was looking for for years!

I'm a panster too slowly converting to plotter, and found this video very helpful and think will give this method a try. Currently working on my outline using the save the cat method, but as I'm hoping to turn this into a series and there I have multiple points of view too it would be good to keep track - as you said in the video.

Know your beginning. Know your ending. That helped me alot

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Why is this video so satisfying?

how does this kind of video pop up just now?! it's too late but this really helps me get some creative juice again🐣🐣

Your grid is aesthetic pleasing

Informative 🦋

200,000 words is like... 50k more than the MAXIMUM amount I keep being told make a novel haha

What size do you use for the columns in excel for this?

Thank you

Cute dog and nice place, wherever you are in this video which doesn't look like your apartment. But it does seem inspirational on trying to do what you did, although it did look very time consuming with mapping out everything from your characters to the world based on your story. But it looked pretty cool on how much it helped you as well.

I'm at the end of my novel three chapters to go. I'm just writing to get the main story out of my brain. But, when I go to revision I'm definitely going to do this technique before I rewrite

Who else feels like this video is ASMR?

Sometimes it really helps to draw a long line in the middle of a long A2 or A1 sheet of paper. Then draw in your core story arc, and only your core story arc, from top to bottom along that single line in single words or short phrases. That easily and elegantly becomes the spine and central idea in a subsequent sequential mind map built out from it. You will soon see what is and is not relevant to the story. Then, with that on the table the best and simplest mind map model I have found is the approach taken by Simon Haynes. That two-part combination can unblock any story. Try it - but don't overthink it, and keep it simple. (How to Write a Novel - Simon Haynes, Tips and advice from a full-time novelist. You get access to all his working methods, how he writes quickly. How he sticks to his plan and gets his novels finished.)

Three hours is not rime consuming when placed alongside 216,000 words that have lost their way.

Интересный подход

I liked your video better then the one that inspired you :) Very interesting stuff, I intend to give it a try as well. Thanks!

how many hours do you write everyday?

I'm also writing a story based on wizarding world

I've done various types of plotting, but I've never tried this way. I might have to re-watch this video and then part two and Kate Cavenaugh's video and try this one day. Maybe when I'm closer to tackling my own fantasy works again... Hmm...

Is one of your character's names Aliya?

Hey Sara I got a question for you do you have to make a blog like for writers?

I found your channel within this past week and have been SO INSPIRED to start my own writing journey! Please excuse all my shameless likes these next few months as I catch up on all your vids!!

I'm more of a pantser but I'm really interested to watch this.

Omg, I absolutely need to try this! I love pantsing, but I always get stuck and switch to a different story (obvi, no publishing goals😂). This feels like exactly what I need to try doing.

Wait wait…how does it work?
Haha…sorry…I’n going to fourth grade next year-

I wanna try nanowrimo this year and I'm terrified. I've finally found a good way to type up my work onto a good writing app and j can't wait to expand. However I can't track my word count which is my only problem.
Any ideas?

I don't even know what to call myself lol..but before i write i outline the beginning middle and finish point..then fill up in between. You patience is amazing

Im a pantser, I dont know how I will write a book with 100, 000 word counts with making my readers bored to death😭.

I am a pantser as well. I just don’t outline, and also, I’ve been publishing first drafts of my fanfictions since 2019, so you can see just how much of a pantser I am. But seeing and watching you doing this makes me feel like it could benefit me…especially in getting a fanfiction done before starting a new one. It is time consuming, and I am a panster as well as a procrastinator, so maybe this will not work for me, but I will definitely try it out to see if I even get through day 1.

Also, I’ve found your channel through this video and instantly clicked the subscribe button and activated my notifications

amazing video !
Of the topic , I think you have curly hair . You should try a routine on yt . It would look amazing

4 different pov? Intresting🤔

I plan to write a detailed outline once I finish pantsing the zero draft of my novel. I will try this one.

This is legitimately one of my favorite author-tube videos. This is like my fourth time watching it. I'm a pantser and I want to make myself use one of these series grids....but it's so hard lol.

I like writing and reading stories that flow easy like water being poured out of a jar. This intense planning method demonstrated might, in my opinion, give results that are too...well...like, if you stir mashed potatoes too much they become gluey...over-thinking or over-planning can ruin a good story. It can become too manipulated, too complex. That's why I dislike reading famous English Novelists. But, obviously it works for some people and some types of stories. Also, this demonstrated method makes writing an effort, a job. I only write when it flows. Of course, I have no deadlines, so I'm kinda free. I'm extremely interested in the view outside your windows. Apparently you're not a starving Artist living in an alley. I applaud the effort you're exhibiting.

Is your book available on Kindle?

I never knew this method existed. I'm going to use it!