?Calling All Pantsers! How DO You Actually Finish a Novel?

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Shit, browser broke and crashed. It does that before force close, that's about it.

No worries. I was so confused. I thought you had gone mad.

 

[Succubiome]

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This is actually really good advertising.

...or maybe that's just vs me specifically.

 

[Rhaps]

So you have chosen ... anime!
It has a school in it like every anime ever created. Except for Berzerk, no one rips that one off anymore. And a sister, which is mandatory. And a femboy, which is also mandatory. I've seen one with Satan too. There were several in all of them, and he was femboy in all versions, but only one from five anime was yaoi shockingly enough.

The funny thing is, I just started the school arc very recently, over 100 chapters in no less.

Don't be like me, who made saving humanity the subplot lol

 

[beast_regards]

The funny thing is, I just started the school arc very recently, over 100 chapters in no less.

The school arcs in anime are also over 100 chapters long at minimum. Sadly, or luckily, they run out of funding before they can adapt all of it.

 

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Pantsers, assemble! This post is for you fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants novelists who shun detailed outlines and dive right into writing. We all know the freedom and exhilaration that can come from spontaneous storytelling. But at some point, that blazing momentum starts to fizzle. The dreaded sagging middle rears its head. Your plot holes mock you. And you're left wondering - how DO you finish a whole dang novel this way?

For those who have successfully pants-ed a book from start to finish, please share your wisdom! How do you keep up the pace and stay focused without an outline? Do you pants the beginning then switch gears? What strategies help you fill plot holes and tighten everything up in revisions? For fellow struggling pantsers, what obstacles tend to derail your progress? What tips and tricks have helped you complete a book, or come close?

Let's collectively pool our knowledge so more seat-of-the-pants writers can experience the satisfaction of typing "The End" instead of the sadly unfinished manuscripts gathering virtual dust in our documents. Please share your hard-won advice for finally finishing a pantsed novel, if you actually finish any...?

I usually don't fly completely by the seat of my pants. Rough outline that includes... overall story and a few main characters. Then I kinda use the characters and whatever funny or weird events I come up with to drive the story. Dummycake, you can always revise later. Yes, even if you pro-publish on Amazon. They let you edit. Thw trick to finishing is to set a limit to your story. Chapters is a good limit, but you can also do pages.

 

[AuthorsDread]

I usually don't fly completely by the seat of my pants. Rough outline that includes... overall story and a few main characters. Then I kinda use the characters and whatever funny or weird events I come up with to drive the story. Dummycake, you can always revise later. Yes, even if you pro-publish on Amazon. They let you edit. Thw trick to finishing is to set a limit to your story. Chapters is a good limit, but you can also do pages.

Nice technique.