Bottoms Up = Top Down

On the Dialectic of Strategy and Tactics

Do you write the novel by putting down sentence after sentence? Or do you you write it from a tight outline and detailed character notes? The first approach describes the creative process of E.L. Doctorow, who compares writing to driving a car at night, going only by headlight. The second describes the process of J.K. Rowling who mapped out the entire n…