On Writing

I’m No Longer a Plotter or a Pantser

Things I’ve learned while writing my first novel, Part 2

Owen Schaefer
8 min readMar 12, 2024

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A pair of jeans with a slip of paper in the back pocket. The paper has the handwritten word “Plot” on it.
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I would not normally weigh in on the tired plotter/pantser binary.

It’s an interesting concept when you’re starting out. There can be validation in discovering that other writers have a similar method to your own — like discovering there…

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Owen Schaefer

Writer, editor, poet, playwright. Your uncle's next-door neighbour. No, the one on the other side.