How To Write A Novel

How to Write a Novel
There are two groups of writers those who preplan, and the seat-of-the-pantzers

Pre Planning a Novel
Do you preplan a novel before writing? Do you take the time to storyboard it, working out all the plot mistakes and problems, smoothing the pacing, adjusting, adding more to the tension?

Do you write character outlines, match them with a character's history or bio, and then attach a personality type? Do you go to online personality type websites and test your character to make sure they are 'emotionally stable' and that the actions, decisions, and reactions you want them to make are well motivated.

Do you preplan because it is the best tool to help new writers get published?

Off The Cuff Novel Writing
One editor described this group as 'vomiting on a page and cleaning it up later.' Of course, these people still do all the work the preplanners do (if they received a publishing contract).

Some of them have written so much, or read so many novels in their fav genre, that the structure, character arc and tension come naturally.

Others write the novel, and then spend up to a year doing all the preplanning steps under the guise of editing and rewriting.

With NaNo fast approaching - I thought it would be fun for everyone to tell their adventures in novel writing.