I think I'm a Methodological Panster. I like to wing things but then I have a robust note system for story details I've figured out along the way.
Probably the biggest indicator I'm not a plotter is I hate outlines. I don't understand people who can use them. First, I don't like being told what to do in a story. Outlines are telling me what to do. Even if it's me writing them, I won't tolerate it!
(Apparently, creatively, even
I'm not allow to be the boss of me, heh.) Secondly, outlines mean I'm writing the story twice. I have to write the whole thing out and then do it in detail a second time? I don't understand how a person can keep their sanity writing that way. That's so exhausting! I'd be bored to tears.
This is gonna sound weird, but I think I'm a bit of a forced methodological and would be happier as an intuitive. My most satisfying writing is short stories (less than 20 chapters). Why? Because in those the details matter less and I can depend heavily on my intuition (and post-editing isn't cripplingly difficult because of the word count).
The problem is my memory just isn't good enough to lean strongly intuitive most of the time. I can't do it for longer stories. It's easy for me to forget important information, key points of the world or characters. So I'm writing a lot more notes than I'd do otherwise, which can be straining and take the fun out of writing. But if I don't do it, I risk making a major mistake in the story.
I don't start out with detailed story notes, just a story idea, but I make them along the way as I write the story. If I spend too much time on the notes, I lose interest in my story. After watching this video, I guess that means I've attempted to be a Plotter and failed miserably. Too much detail, just like outlines, is a creativity killer for me. But a little detail helps me flesh out the characters and world, making it more consistent and fun to write.
This was a really fun and educational video. Thank you for posting it. I learned something about myself!