Michelle Sagara

I tend to think of two general groups. There are external plotters, for whom outlines and software programs work well, and internal plotters, who write by the seats of their pants (::waves::). Is there any evidence that it can get easier for external plotters, as they gain more practice in organizing their thoughts and using whatever software tool helps them, but more difficult for internal plotters because our brains get progressively more clogged with old versions of stories and techniques that worked for one book, but not another? If we were computers, we'd get our hard drives wiped and everything reinstalled.

I know there's overlap between the groups, but I'm keeping things general for the sake of argument.