SOL 1/31: Room at the Table for Planners and Pantsers and Everyone in Between

Today I join my fellow bloggers in "serving up a slice" 

to the March Slice of Life Story Challenge  community.

Thanks to Stacey, Betsy, Beth, Kathleen, Deb, Melanie, and Lanny

 for hosting this meeting place each day in March

and for nurturing our writing lives.

As a charter member of Procrastinator's Anonymous (not really), I've been concerned about the plethora of posts that have appeared recently touting the benefits of planning ahead for our month of writing. I am here to speak to those who have not set up their posts for each day, who have not made a list of possible topics, and who have not written several posts in advance. This is my seventh year to participate, and I've never had a single post written ahead of time. I recognize that many individuals need/want this kind of advance planning, but rest assured that this challenge is possible even for the disorganized and least prepared among us! I wrote this acrostic to encourage the pantsers* in our midst! 

Rather than feel discouraged by the

Ones who are

Organized  and prepped for a

Month of slicing,

A fellow pantser* encourages you

To embrace your own style,

To remember that

Having any small thing to write about is

Enough to create a slice of life,

To provide reassurance that you will find topics and inspiration for              writing

Astounding yourself every day for thirty-one days.

Be open to the moments in your own life, and

Linger in the slices of fellow bloggers who will

Enliven your own writing and provide support for your March journey. 

(* a last minute, write by the seat of your pants slicer)

The idea of planners and pantsers was presented last year along with a badge to post on our blogs for each style of writing. I wrote A Meditation on Badges to posit that some of us fall in between and qualify as plantsers!

No matter where you fall on this continuum between those who plan and those who fly by the seat of your pants, here's to a delightful month of writing. March forward, slicer friends!