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YA author. THE WALLS IN THE RUBY SKY coming from Disney-Hyperion Fall 2020. she/her. contributor to @WritersParty. rep'd by @literarycarrie.
Jan 20, 2019 8 tweets 2 min read
i'm a pantser to the extreme. i have no idea what the plot is gonna be until i write it. this can make drafting efficiently frustrating, and it's something i want to work on. lately i've found some success with what i'm calling the "save point" method: i started with a few baseline observations about how I write best:
-outlining does nothing for me. i never know if a plot point is "right" until I let it unfold on the page and see how it feels
-i have to try out a lot of wrong plot points before i find the right one