“On Writing” is a wonderful book. If you’re Stephen King, plot and structure run through your veins. If you’re a mortal like the rest of us and “seat of the pan

“On Writing” is a wonderful book. If you’re Stephen King, plot and structure run through your veins. If you’re a mortal like the rest of us and “seat of the pants” isn’t working...then outline. Outlining also saves you from having to randomly kill off half your characters in the middle of the book because there’s no way to wind down all their storylines... I’ll also add that anecdotally, my writer friends who outline go through far fewer revisions than those that don’t. If your process works, don’t mess with it.