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Hi Rae - In a reply to a previous question you said that you write about anything that sparks your curiosity. Once you get going, would you describe yourself as a plotter or a pantser, or something in between? Thanks, Jan

Rae Meadows Hi Jay, thanks for the question! I think I'm somewhere in between but lean toward the pantser side. I've never been an outliner. I always know the ending, and usually some points I want to hit along the way. But for this latest novel in particular, I just went along. The ending stayed the same, but the shape of the middle changed a lot during the editing process. I'm always intimidated by writers who work it all out ahead of time. For me there is something that happens organically in the writing that changes during the process so I wouldn't want to be beholden to what I thought at the onset. And you? Do you write? And which camp do you fall in?

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