I started The Lollipop Gang as a pantser, but mystery demanded structure. A miner’s tag in an old glove led me to build a 250-page story bible and capture 400+ pages of research. Plotting didn’t kill my creativity—it gave it direction.
Have you ever written a manifesto? Not a brand slogan—but a gut-punch declaration of who you are and what you stand for. I did. It made everything clearer. Maybe it will for you, too.