The age-old question

I'm what you'd call a plantser when it comes to writing. I often return to that quote about driving at night in the fog, and how you can make the whole trip seeing only as far as the headlights - the pantser way. On the opposite side of that spectrum is the planner, the one who'd make the trip with everything mapped out and an itinerary.

Me? Hell, I don't even have a driver's license, but when I write I like to have an idea of where I'm going. Maybe a few stops to make along the way, but I'm open for detours.

If I don't have a plan at all I don't always complete the journey. Vibes can only get me so far, unfortunately. But having everything planned out down to every single syllable takes the fun out of the writing experience. I feel like I've already told the story before I even began.

So, TL;DR version: I like enough guidance to know where I'm going, while still discovering things along the way. The writing equivalent of the world's largest ball of yarn or something.