Take the LCM, dial back the need to control, and you’ve discovered the Director Method. Directors will have a detailed beginning laid out but only a vague idea of how the story will progress and end. Outlining is still used, but not nearly as detailed as with the LCM. With this method, you set the stage and envision where the story will go, but you give some of the control back to the characters. The story won’t necessarily evolve as you imagined, but that’s OK.3.5 Methods to Craft Great Fiction701Shawn EdwardsCorine TanFollowJul 25, 2017 · 1 min readI’ve always wondered how to define the gray area between plotter and pantser. What a great description.