I take that back...

You know when I wrote about how I think super-detailed plot lines suck and how I feel bad for the Erins and anyone else who writes with really detailed plots because there is no element of surprise or guesswork?

Yeah...

I take that back.

Heh.

I'm gonna be doing To Run With Wolves for NaNoWriMo and I think I'm gonna try writing a pretty detailed plot. I even think it will be fun. And easy to write -- no more gaping plot holes to stumble around or fall into and die in.

So, yes. I take that back.

But I might take that take back back by December. We'll see. I like the idea of a long journey of self-discovery, adding things on a whim, and interesting characters with a mind of their own that shape the plot rather than conform to it.

But I also like the idea of only having to fill in the blanks, the descriptive scenes, and the words, when all of that pesky "what has to happen next?" stuff is already taken care of and the direction -- start, ending, middle and all -- of the plot is clear.

So I don't know. But I will. Perhaps. By the end of NaNoWriMo.

It's all about seeing which technique is best, eh?

Heh.

So... in any case, I take that back.

-willow