by Nann Dunne
I’m always searching for
ways to improve my writing. Not only to make my stories stronger, but also to
help the writers whose stories I edit. To me, that’s a double-barreled profit.
In this search for
improvement, I got caught up in the Outlining versus Pantsing ongoing
discussion, which sometimes sounds like a feud. I have to say that some outliners
get my vote as being downright supercilious people who can’t see past their own
experiences. They make it sound ridiculous to be a pantser. Well, let me tell
you, I am a pantser, and their disdain disturbs me. At one point, the idea that
outlining was so superior challenged me. I thought, I can do a story outline; I
just choose not to. What’s the big deal?
