Uploaded November 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 minutes ago

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Two-thirds of the way through #nanowrimo 2019 and after having spent a month plotting for preptober, I’ve started to question whether I’m really a plotter after all. Am I a closet pantser? Or perhaps there’s another approach?

The video that inspired this identity crisis: youtube.com/watch?v=9wxdM3WvdG0

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QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMENTS:
- Are you a plotter, pantser, gardener or architect?
- Have you ever questioned your writer identity and process?
- What process works for you when it comes to getting your first draft out?

TIME STAMPS:
00:10 - What prompted my writer identity crisis
01:47 - The benefits of plotting/blueprinting
03:00 - If I was a pantser, wouldn't I have done it by now??
04:30 - Architects and gardeners
05:40 - Am I a gardener? All evidence points to this...
08:09 - Why nonfiction is different to fiction for plotting/outlining
10:36 - If you're questioning your writing approach...

BOOKS/PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO:
- Kat Cho: youtube.com/channel/UC834kuZ6OF04fKzvPyqLW3Q
- Book Blueprint by yours truly: amzn.to/2ZGfMG2
- Take Your Pants Off by Libbie Hawker: amzn.to/3hvc9st
- Save the Cat by Blake Snyder: amzn.to/35Dz56D
- Story Engineering by Larry Brooks: amzn.to/2ZGSY91

FIND ME ONLINE:
Instagram: instagram.com/jp.writes
Website: jpwrites.co
Nanowrimo: nanowrimo.org/participants/jpwrites

#authortube #plotting #pantsing #writingvlog