pantser
No outline needed
A pantser is a writer who works without an outline, creating the story as they go—flying by the seat of their pants.
The term contrasts with plotter, who plans extensively before writing.
I'm a total pantser; I never know how my books will end until I get there.
Some writers identify as plantsers, combining both approaches.
Machinator or diagram machine
- first draftEarliest written version
- intuitiveKnown without reasoning
- spontaneousArising without external cause
- freewritingContinuous unedited composition
improvisation · character-driven · unplanned · creative process · drafting · revision · manuscript · novelist
Forcibly lowering another's trousers
- wedgieUnderwear yanked upward painfully
- prankPlayful trick on someone
- schoolyardOutdoor area at school
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
bullying · humiliation · locker room · hazing · mischief · juvenile · horseplay · pulled down
plotter
Machinator or diagram machine
- first draftEarliest written version
- intuitiveKnown without reasoning
- spontaneousArising without external cause
freewriting · improvisation · character-driven · unplanned · creative process · drafting · revision · manuscript · novelist · storytelling
depantsing
Forcibly lowering another's trousers
- wedgieUnderwear yanked upward painfully
- prankPlayful trick on someone
- schoolyardOutdoor area at school
embarrassment · bullying · humiliation · locker room · hazing · mischief · juvenile · horseplay · pulled down · public
pantserplanner
Agenda for scheduling
organizer · strategist · control freak · preparer · perfectionist
- beat the pants offDefeat decisively and humiliatingly
- getting in someone's pantsPursuing sexual access
- yoga pantsStretchy fitted exercise trousers
- cargo pantsMulti-pocket utility trousers
- snow pantsWaterproof winter legwear
- pooped one's pantsDefecated in one's underwear