Do you usually plan things out or just go with the flow?

Your likely to get many responses of both yes and no on this. Some people will never start a story without a plan. The difference in that plan may vary alot though. Sometimes it can be very detailed and spell out every step from scene to scene and others may just be basically the beginning and the end.

I think that it just depends. Sometimes it is fun just to see where your story leads you from the first lines that you write without any plan. If you have an idea that you know the beginning and the ending to, then a plan is a help on arriving at the ending that you want. In this case then you could make the plan with as much or little detail as you want according to how much that you already know of the story between.

If you have trouble with getting to the end of a story, then try out writing a plan and that very well could help you finish it. Just remember though that a plan is a guideline, it is flexible and able to be changed, but also make sure any changes work getting to the ending you want.

Really, it just comes down to trying it both ways and seeing what works for you. I hope that this helps out some.

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