If you are a pantser, are you able to write really rough first drafts and just get to the end of the story before you start revising and editing? Or is it possible to be a pantser whilst also being an edit-as-you-go writer? i would think that typically pantsers are rough drafters, and plotters are edit-as-you-go. But perhaps it's possible to have a hybrid? Let's have a little survey! What type are you? I think I am the slowest of all creatures - the plotter who is an edit-as-you-go writer.
I'm a combo really. Try not to limit myself by rigid labels.
Though....I am an obsessive planner. I'm working on an epic fantasy series. Something terrible would be birthed if I wasn't! But then, when I have a chapter outline with key events and what not, I ,er, 'pants' the actual content.
I was part of a writer's circle for about two years, so I edited as I posted. I would also usually start a writing session by spell checking the last piece of writing...a sort of warm up rather than in depth editing.
I'm very glad that I have such a flexible method, I believe that it improved my writing vastly to keep taking different approaches, feedback, revision ect. Also when it came to actually editing the book entire....*shudder* It's a bloody intensive task as it is, the thought of doing that without ever having done any editing? Gasp.
I am a complete pantser. I know the type of story I want to write and its overarching theme, but I then have a tendency of writing without any idea of where I am heading or what will take place in the story at all.
My most recent novel-in-progress sprang from the long-held idea that I want to tinker with writing an Arthurian-themed contemporary fantasy story, updating the elements of the legend into the modern day. I used the characters and world from my first novel's modern magical world and tied them into the legend. So far it's proving interesting and enjoyable for me to write.
I tend to worry about corrections right at the end when I do the dreaded mass-edits, but will also read back and edit as I go. This is particularly true when it comes to retro-fitting facts to the story. (EG: In chapter 2, the Lady of the Lake works in a public swimming pool. By chapter 7, she is back in a more traditional role, living in a lake and carrying the affectionate name of "the blonde in the pond". That one resulted in chapter 2 being edited to reflect chapter 7, and the previous novel being updated to reflect this change too.)
I edit what I have written the previous day, before I start writing my next passage of text.
I cannot move forward if I have nagging doubts about the plot and storyline.
I edit clunky sentences, and correct grammar and punctuation the best I can. I tighten up dialogue and streams-of-thought.
I do that knowing that what I have edited may not survive the final cut.
I hope that editing-as-I-go will save me time when it comes to doing many thorough edits of my completed manuscript.
I am just dedicated (or obsessed) with getting it right.