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Can we get rid of the "plotter vs. pantser" binary already?

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Lincoln Michel
Dec 14, 2021
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plotter vs. pantser

We all have our writing pet peeves. Here’s one of mine: “plotter vs. pantser.” I’m not sure the origin of these twee terms, but I cringe every time I read them. In recent years they’ve infected almost every corner of the writing world so that you’ll see people debating “is it possible to pants a whole novel?” or declaring “I’m a plott…

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