Mark’s answer to “Are you a heavy outliner, a "pantser" or a little bit of both when it comes to plotting your storie…” > Likes and Comments

If you're a "pantser", you don't outline your story or plot very much-sometimes even not at all. You basically start writing and the characters take you where they take you. I guess I would be considered a pantser, although I do know now ultimately the plots of all five books in my series and how each of them will end. When I first started writing The Mirror, however, I had no idea what the second chapter would be like, let alone the plots of five books! I'm sorry for confusing you!
-H. R.

Gotcha! I kinda went with the flow and added ideas as they came to me. I wrote this book,how i'd like to see it play out as a movie.

Thank you for explaining.

I'm a panser!! When done the story, then I tear it apart and reorder it! Hated outlines in school too!

Panster probably came from the phrase "by the seat of your pants" which means off the cuff, which ultimately means from your subconscious. Whew.