Are you a plotter or a pantser?

Do you even know what I'm talking about? Before 2021, I had no idea either. These are writing terms, used to describe the planning phase of a story, novel, memoir, or other writing project. "Plotters" are those with timelines, outlines, scene inventories, and character descriptions, all laid out before they even begin to write. "Pantsers" are so called because they like to "write by the seat of their pants," without much planning. I've been thinking about how these things translate into life itself.

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