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[serria]

So, I've done a lot of plotting and organization for a story I'm working on, and it's to the point where almost all the scenes are charted and I know everything that is supposed to happen. But when I sit down to write, for some reason, it's a lot harder. I don't even know where to start. I think I honestly write a lot more naturally when I don't have any idea where the story is going to go, and I start at the beginning and see where it goes as I write. Unfortunately, that's a lot harder to do with long novels.

Do you guys tend to have everything plotted out before you write? Do you write from beginning to end, if so, or do you just write whatever scene you feel like writing and put it all together after?

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[lady_phenyx]

I find I do best when I have an outline of at least my major points, one I can add to as I go if something new comes up. Without one...I get exactly what's happening to my Goddess story, where I have a vague idea where I want it to go but no idea how it's going to get there.
Mind, sometimes the outline is very, very vague, but when I don't have one, things don't get finished. It's what works for me.
Sometimes I'll stitch something in - like if something from the prompt jar inspired a scene that really helped - but otherwise I prefer to go start to finish, if only to keep my own canon straight. Skipping about means I forget who can do what and what limits things have, or where they are. Confusing - and embarrassing later.