#plotter

[plotterprints]

Spiral study 21. Ballpoint 10x8” A4

[writerpolls]

*In writing terms, an architect is someone who plots out, plans, and outlines things before drafting. A gardener is someone who takes an initial idea and then just writes, seeing how the idea grows without specific plans.

Some people use the terms “plotter” and “pantser” (as in, going by the seat of their pants) for these writing styles, but I prefer architect and gardener.

[commodorez]

PDP-8 Computer Art – David Gesswein

And is that @regretsretrotech talking to David in one of those photos?

VCF East XIX

[sixeye-sketch]

7x timelapse. (just figured out how to create ripple patterns and might have gone overboard with it (modulating size and displacement based on x+y coordinate))

[lantruong]

Monstera leaf drawn with a plotter.

[jacobjoaquin]

Vector Debris 20250305

[novlr]

Can you explain the fichtean curve to me?

The Fichtean Curve is a simple yet effective approach to storytelling that can add tension, drive conflict, and keep your readers hooked!

We've put together this blog post in the Reading Room to help you make sense of what it is and learn how to use it.

[thingsthatcometomymindwheniwrite]

how it feels being a Plotter having Pantser friends only

[kaylas-words]

Plotting or pantsing? - Writing for the "AAAH!" moments

I write for the scenes that make me grab my chest—the drama, the fuzzy, heartwarming moments, and the ideas that make me open a fresh document and write "AAAH! What if—" across the top.

At some point, I order these scenes relative to each other, and I call that my outline. Then I work forwards and backwards from each point, bridging the gaps as best I can.

Sometimes, though, I just can't think of what goes in between two scenes.

That's when I turn to my draft.

All I need is enough of an idea to write out the next chapter, and then I have a new vantage point to work from. Often, that's enough.

Sometimes, I pause mid-chapter, mid-dialog, feeling... considering... "What if that door bursts open right now? Wh—WHAT IF—AAAH!" (You get the point.)

And my outline, with its gaps, lets me try it.

I outline for structure, the themes, the arcs, the general order of things as I discover them. I write from the seat of my pants—be that drafting or brainstorming—to do the rest.

When one method fails me, I turn to the other.

And when both fail me? Come morning alarm on a given weekend, I stack up two hours' worth of 10-minute-snooze button presses, launching me into a hallucinatory state where I'm awake but asleep but awake and maybe I can steer this and how about that scene I was working on, and mmm—MMM... Maybe I'll accept that I'm just burnt out.

Because resting your mind is a part of the process, too.

And then it's time to read a book.

[we-are-ignited]

Question for fellow writers

(Especially if you struggle with demand avoidance or similar issues)

Is “Save the Cat” ACTUALLY good?

Look, I know, everybody recommends it. The writing craft has rules and structures that work for a reason.

That being said, everybody recommending it makes me not want to pick it up. Why would I want to follow the exact same beat pattern as everybody else? I feel like this is why some books lose unique feelings in terms of structure and set up.

Logically, I don’t recognize that issue as much as a reader. As a writer, my brain just can’t get past the hurdle.

I feel like personal, specific opinions and advice will help me to either get over the feeling (or feel justified, depending on the response).

Any and all responses would be lovely! Tell me if it’s amazing, if I’m thinking of it too literally, or if it’s not something you enjoy at all.

[azus-reyan]

Are you a planner, a pantser, or something else? 

If you like to jump into your story without much preparation and deliberation, you’re a farmer or pantser.

If you prefer to put all the necessary elements in a pot, then organize, sift through, and have everything at the ready long before you put a word of your story on paper—you’re a planner,  plotter, or architect.

If you do a bit of both, a note here, a note there, but jumping in before it gets too technical to keep up with, you’re a plantser.

If you think you’re something else entirely, let me know.

[plotterprints]

Floral Nebula. Ballpoint 10x8” A4

[albertocubillo]

Dancing squares

Explorations based on Vera Molnár works.

10-07-2024

[eggbunni]

Fountain PenPal writing in my Plotter A5. ✒️

[lantruong]

Plotter art!

[jacobjoaquin]