When I was really getting into writing and finishing stories, I thought I'd made it. I found out what works for me. All I gotta do now, was keep doing it. And then came the question: Are you a pantser or a planner? Do you start writing with minimal knowledge of your novel, or do you start with meticulous planning? By 2018, I had been writing for 7 years already and long believed myself to be a pantser, and I never tried to outline a novel before. I thought, "Why waste time trying other methods if I know what works for me?"