writers_loft | Where is it going... (Reply)

When you plot something out, do you just write as inspiration hits you, and end up with something coherent, or do you start with a general idea of where things should go, if not how they should get there, and write based on a framework?

I find that I have great worlds in mind, and even conflicts, but plots (to get them into those situations, and what they do after them) are harder. I keep getting stuck either after something happens, or on the details of what must have happened before.

Usually, when this happens, it's because something fundamental is wrong and should be changed. This ends in massive surgery until I hit the next stopping point... but I never get the darn things finished. I'm stuck in an editor loop!