you've talked before about being a pantser who comes up with an idea and works on the story as it comes to you, but aren't you ever scared you'l write yourself off course or into a corner you don't know how to get out of? sorry if this is, like, asking too much or something but as an extreme plotter i just find it so interesting to see how other people's writing processes work.
i present u the original story i wrote myself into a hole with.
It happens!!! It hasn't happened with a MOTA fjc yet thankfully but of course it happens. I think the thing that helps me the MOST is having a solid understanding of the ending and how everything is resolved.
With kingdom for a kiss i knew from the get-go there would be an argument outside where john kisses gale, I knew it would end with him going back to wyoming with gale to live happily ever after (mostly happily) so as long as I knew the final direction and goal I was headed towards I could meander around as I pleased. Hence why the word count got so high.
I use playlists and music EXTENSIVELY to direct my plot and emotions.
meet me at the chapel was written entirely to Chapel by Adam Mac (all ten hours of writing)
the james arc in kfak was arguably my most difficult to write and I would not have been able to without listening to these two songs the entire time
my body is a cage by arcade fire and roman candle by elliot smith
(and one more but I cant remember what it is)
I do plot in a vague sense! i know the points i want to touch on in my head and just connect the threads between.
john showing up, the stargazing, the creek, the church, james arc, the kiss, ending. Everything else came to me as I wrote