[trystan830]

number wise, i'm about 7% planner and 93% pantser.

try it this way. think of a river, or large body of water, or even an interstate. my novel is a bridge across it. on the one side is the beginning of the story, the other side is the ending.... but i'm kinda stranded in the middle, but usually closer to the beginning side. i'm building the bridge back to the beginning to contruct my foundation, but i'm also building it across towards the ending.

at some point, i look across, and see a spot i want to build to, but i need to figure out how to get there. so i pants it to get there. then i see another spot, and figure out how to get there. all the while, i'm also pantsing my way with the background and figuring out how i got to where i started in the first place.

finally, just when i think i can see the ending in site, some weird stuff happens, and my bridge has now taken a detour and i have to figure out how to get it back on track to get to the ending.

yeah, it's like that.