Pantser Sophie wrestles plot. Plot shifts ground. Pantser Sophie regroups…
As long as I’ve been a writer (i.e. since I was about seven) I have struggled with plot. It was the very first thing the agent who took me on as a wannabe novelist said to me. It was the first thing that my last (so far) editor said, too.
In the umpty-um years between, I’ve been to conferences and taken notes about plotting. There were courses I attended, writing gurus I followed, even plot templates I hammered my story into matching. Save the Cat, though inspiring in many ways, has much to answer for.
Alas, messy thinking is clearly hard-wired. Continue reading