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@TinyZebraThing no it makes sense! I also have sort of a broad picture of what I want to happen, but not much in detail and I’ve also noticed that mine is longer than I expected, so I can relate hahah. I’m currently working on a romance book - i wanted to write a cringe book and commit to it, but it’s been hard to do so  but essentially it’s about Ivory who moves with her family, they have a lot of pressure on her and she’s basically the “mom” of her younger sister. Then she meets Asher (i know) and they spark an interest in each other. Basically it’s sort of good girl x bad boy 
            I’ve decided to write it finished before uploading, but I’m currently writing chapter 27 and it’s starting to become the climax so I’m excited 
            I have a clear picture of who Ivory is and everyone else except Asher. He’s so difficult 

@TinyZebraThing Aw, I'm so glad! ❤ 
            
            Tbh, Knife's Edge has been a bit of a loose plan
            
            I knew a few main plot points I wanted to put in and ordered them in a way that makes the most sense, then kind of worked back from there. It’s left a lot of wiggle room for extra subplots that I've thrown in as a spur of the moment thing 
            
            Normally, when I plan, I focus on the beginning and the end the most (I've known what I want the final chapters to look like since day one). Then, I figure out the characters based on what they want/their reasons behind acting certain ways/and what obstacles they're going to have to face/overcome in the story. Then I base my writing around that because I feel that good character design/development can really make or break a story (a mistake I've made in past stories for sure, haha). 
            
            But if you have good characters you love writing, they pretty much write the story themselves (Bailey has been driving me as insane as she does Jade, and my brain is often equally as fried as Jade's is when I'm writing -- especially these past few chapters focussing on Bailey & Jade's rocky relationship)
            
            The main issue I'm finding at the minute is that planning it this way has made the story much longer than originally intended. And reading it back, I realise there are certain things that happen earlier on in the book that seemed really significant at the time, but have later grown to be less relevant as the story developed. Due to this, I'll be going through and restructuring/condensing parts that I feel don't need to be quite so long in the final draft
            
            Sorry this has turned into such an essay, I've never explained it much before so I hope that all makes sense, haha! What stories are you working on? I'd love to give them a read :)

No, thank you! I write as well and your writing has really inspired me to challenge myself and “show not tell”. I’m curious how you plan your story, if you don’t mind me asking?