There are many different types of writers.  There are plotters (people who plot everything), plansters (people who plan a bit and then just write for the few plot points they’ve got down, and then there are pansters (people who plot nothing in advance and the story just kind of happens for them).  Who you are as a writer determines your path to editing and publication. I tend to find that plotters start out with a series of events in their heads.  Plansters start out with a character and a few major situations that they get into (the beginning, one or two in the middle, and the ending).  Pansters often start…