Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31532800-20190426151836/@comment-26485526-20190426175922

I'm 100% a hybrid writer. I can't not plan the boot order and a basic storyline before I start writing, but I don't like to go too in depth because I do like to take the time to feel out who each character is and how they talk/react to people. I also like getting a sense of how the wiki feels about certain characters because it does give me the opportunity to play up an aspect of a certain character's personality in response.

Even though I do have a basic plan, on each of my seasons (except Montserrat), I have tweaked the boot order/story mid-season based on what I feel would make the most sense with the season.

It's difficult for me to explain how a lot of the events in my season came together, because I write the dialogue especially off of feel more than anything else. I'd say in hindsight, one of my favourite examples lf this is the now infamous Tribal Council on Night 27 in Survivor: Tasmania - Vengeance (episode 11 - "You Can't Forget to Wipe!"). I didn't have a set plan for the dialogue of that Tribal Council. I've yet to pre-script Tribal Council unless it was meant to be a live tribal with the boot directly impacted. Somehow though, the tension between the castaways from that episode led to that dialogue there just feeling so natural, and it helped me not only determine how I would write the next episode, but also Final Tribal.

I find that I am quite socially awkward as well, but I am actually better here on the wiki than talking in person. That said, I was quite awkward when I started as well, but I just keep growing more comfortable here the longer I stick around.