Probably careful plotting reflects my personality. I am meticulous by nature. I can't imagine speed-writing anything that happens to pop into my head.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I feel like I know how to write plot.
I'm very good at plot.
Language description and metaphors seem readily available. The things I have to work harder at are plot, pacing, and form.
I'm one of the lucky writers: plots come easily to me.
Considerations of plot do a great deal of heavy lifting when it comes to long-form narrative - readers will overlook the most ham-fisted prose if only a writer can make them long to know what happens next.
You don't idea your way into a plot but plot your way into an idea.
Poetry taught me a great deal about language and images, but when it came to plotting, I was stumped. It's been very much a learn-by-doing thing for me.
It was a challenge for me to do a plot because I'd been an essayist and a journalist. I had to be vigilant about moving things along and being entertaining.
I don't plot with huge detail, just big moments and important elements, and then I have a structure but can fly by the seat of my pants when I write.
I don't really write plots. I use history as the engine that drives everything.