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Principles for Pantsers
Introduction
What is Pantsing (3:08)
Advantages and Disadvantages of Pantsing (3:16)
What to Expect (1:44)
Principle #1
Outline - But Not Before (0:25)
Working with Outlines (3:40)
Break It Up And Use the Bits (2:52)
Create the Outline After the Draft (2:16)
How and When to Apply This Principle
Principle #2
Flashbacks Are Special Time (0:23)
Flashback Basics (1:40)
Remove Unnecessary Packaging (1:35)
Extract the Contents (2:43)
How and When to Apply This Principle
Principle #3
You Repeated It For a Reason (0:33)
Whats and Whys of Repetition (2:16)
You Repeated It Because It Matters (1:44)
Figure Out What's In Common (1:50)
How and When to Apply This Principle
Principle #4
Time is Hard But Malleable (0:27)
What is Happening?!? (1:54)
Slap It In a Spreadsheet (2:08)
Chronology is Not Structure (1:42)
How and When to Apply This Principle
Principle #5
Mine Those Infodumps (0:28)
Oh No! Infodump! (2:03)
Mine It For Information (1:45)
Mine It For Flavor (1:57)
How and When to Apply This Principle
Principle #6
Know Yourself (0:21)
The Lab of the Self Holds Useful Things (1:43)
Self-examination (1:17)
Lean into Your Obsessions (1:03)
How and When to Apply This Principle
Principle #7
Saggy Baggy Is Sortable (0:25)
The Unwieldy Wordlump (2:47)
Determine Point of View (2:11)
Determine What’s at Stake (1:28)
How and When to Apply This Principle
Principle #8
Map That Shit Out (0:26)
Why You Need Maps (1:18)
Scenes and Index Cards (1:28)
Maps Both Large and Small (1:36)
How and When to Apply This Principle
Principle #9
Pacing Is Part of Polishing (0:25)
Jolts, Lulls, and Pacing Problems (1:45)
Chapters Are for Later (0:59)
Speed Dials, Turbo Boosts, and Brakes (2:44)
How and When to Apply This Principle
Principle #10
Sometimes Nothing Makes Sense (0:13)
When Nothing Makes Sense (3:03)
Take a Break (1:43)
Inject the Random (1:39)
How and When to Apply This Principle
Wrapping Things Up
Final Words about Process (3:08)
Suggested Reading
The Lab of the Self Holds Useful Things
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