#ScribesAndMakers 2nd Mar 2026. Do you know your story ahead of time?

Ahead of writing it, yes. I'm a planner. I enjoy pantsing short stories and narrative poems, but when it comes to novels pantsing only ever ends up a hot mess that takes longer to fix than it would to write with a good skeleton plan. Every novel starts with a character or two in a situation. I live with that scene in my head for a while and at some point extend its scope, and sooner or later the story forms in my mind.