Plotters, pantsers, editors and rough drafters.

by Deborah Finn
24th April 2013

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.

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I'm the same, but I found myself still doing heavy editing after finishing first draft. My knowledge keeps increasing!

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