In the spirit of OOC discussion, I'm curious: How many of you are schemers and how many of you write by the seat of your pants? That is to say, when you sit down to write a post, are you following an outline? Or do you just wait for the words to come to you and write the first thing that comes to mind? Personally, I'm a schemer. I like to sit down with a blank Google doc, read a couple of comics or watch a movie or two relating to the character I'm going to write and I make notes, put ideas down on the paper. Then I start finding characters to flesh out my idea, reading into the ideas and themes presented in the character's various stories. From there I start to outline an arc and when I'm really in the zone I'll even do a post by post outline to flesh out the arc from start to finish. I'll be the first to admit this doesn't work for everyone and doesn't even necessarily always work for an RP. For instance, it's a very rigid way to write. It doesn't allow me a whole lot of flexibility in my plans, so unless I planned for it, I almost never collaborate. So there are definite drawbacks to it. But I am curious what everyone else's approach to writing is. Maybe we can each learn something from one another!