Hi everyone, when you are writing fanfictions does anybody tend to plot.... i am wondering whether to start doing in-depth plotting on each chapter before i write it, so i know whats going to happen and how its going to work.

What do you lot think? how should i go about plotting????

When plotting you have treat it as if it were a stew. Too much meat can make it too gaudy. While not enough meat can make your readers cringe. I guess what I'm saying is that when you stick to plotting ahead of time you tend to be less open. When a new idea arises you may shoot it down because it's not what you had in mind in the first place.

Let me use some examples. When I started my first fic I had it planned begining to end and no one could tell me different. I would write my ideas in a binder then all a sudden it was too deep. Therefore I had to delete a whole chapter, because it had no where to go. Sometimes I find when I'm in my zone I have to pickup the computer and forget how I planned it. It's my story and I won't be bound to anyones restictions let alone my own restictions. Well ahh maybe thats just me. I hoped it helped a little it sure helped me.

Interesting question. Well, having a well-developed plot is the key to a great story. But it can work out differently from writer to writer.

Personally, I get struck by a sudden idea. It might only be one little line that someone might say and the whole story flows out of that, or a setting. Then, after doing away with procrastination, I start typing away having no idea where the story is going but the anticipation is great and does wonders for me. The plot just sort of develops freely as I go. Of course, later on I might come back to what I wrote and make some changes and construct something more solid. Point is, people kinda do things differently from others. Every method has its pros and cons, it's just a matter of knowing how to deal with them. It's a good idea to have an organized procedure and knowing clearly well where you're going...for others creativity is found just winging it and seeing what happens as they write along.

Yeah it works differently for me... for some of my stories I just write down in pencil key things that I want to remember further on down the line, but I mainly just write from chapter to chapter.

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