Plotters and SOTP’s (seat of the pants) writers! To what group do you belong as a writer?
Ask anyone that knows me and they’ll tell you I am not an
organizer. I envy women that have their cupboards, closets, shelves and drawers
organized. Kudos to them! Unfortunately, I’m not sufficiently impressed to implement
it into my own lifestyle. I could, and have, organized but it’s not long until
everything’s back to unorganized. (I refuse to use the term cluttered)
So a SOTP’er I am! The neat thing in being a non-plotting
writer is that every time I sit at my computer to write, it’s like a new
adventure. My characters take on a life
of their own. Just when I think I’ll take them down a certain path, they change
directions.
My current WIP Like a
Cedar in Lebanon started off being the young girl’s story. But now 112,000
words later, it is more the man’s story.
Lebanon (Lebby) is the young girl who gets taken advantage of by the
older, more experienced Jack. It was
supposed to be her story, Lebby’s story, and it is to some extent.
But my SOTP writing took me on a journey to tell Jack’s
story in this novel. The angry, violent, abuser Jack and the circumstances in
life that drove him to be the way he was became one of the main focal points in
the novel.
The good news is that in the end Jack finds God. As a Christian writer, I always want to show
that we can be a victorious overcomer through Jesus Christ. That is a truth that you can take to
the bank.
So regardless if you are a plotter or SOTP’er, write on,
dear friends! Write on!
