Have you ever heard the saying “writing by the seat of your pants?” No? Well in a nutshell, folks in the writing community are referring to writers who self indentify as “Pansters.” We’re the people who fail to see the plot twist until we are well underway in the writing phase. We’re known for rarely planning every single plot twist and detail of our stories ahead of time. That would be me. Yeah me. I’m the other Jude. I’m the founder of Two Judes Publishing and principal of another business venture that shall remain nameless on this blog. But I digress.

Pansters tend to let the characters in the story take the writer where they want them to go. And in my case, that means my alter ego Jude has control of the reins. She’s well known for desperately thumping around making lots of noise begging to get out of my head and onto the page. Frankly, Jude’s even decided to make claim to this blog, which means the war will be on between us. After all, I do intend to exercise some voice as to what goes on at this site.

Jude knows I don’t handle mixing my apples with my oranges too well. But back to the business of “panstering.” (Make a note of that word Jude—business.)

Anyway, as the end of 2015 approaches and the launch of my debut novel is upon us, the next big project on my growing backlist will be to write my next novel. While I’ve given serious thought to writing out an outline this time, Jude’s already rolling her eyes at me, arms crossed in dismay, her foot tapping nervously on the floorboards. Its undecided which one of us will win this battle, but I’ll keep you posted. The “Planner versus the Panster.”

So keep me in your thoughts. I’m off to maybe plan, plan, plan while listening to Jude scream at me in the background, WRITE, WRITE, WRITE.

XOXO
The other Jude.

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