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Okay, so lots of people have answered this post already, but I'm gonna do a quick comment, too, since I'm only just catching up.

I think you're right that that's the best thing about writing. On the other hand, I write best, when I have reached a compromise between not knowing what'll happen and knowing what will. Too little information leaves me lost. I write lots of crap that has absolutely no bearing on the story and will need to be cut right away once I've found where I'm going. And, with my writing time being restricted as it is, those are the times when I'm most likely to put a story down for something that seems more easy to write (unfortunately, those are most likely new instead of old plot bunnies). But then there are the stories, where I know all that's gonna happen, and then a) it's merely "work" to finish writing or b) I tend to think it's all boring and come up with new twists, which inadvertently will require me to change stuff around a lot even in the parts I've already written. Oh, and also, when I know how things are supposed to go too well, I'm also very prone to not like the way they turn out on the screen, further slowing my progress actually writing it down. Sigh, I should just write more. That way I don't spend so much time just thinking about stories, hence do less planning etc. I used to write so much quicker then. And you probably didn't really want to know all this... but I hardly ever pass up opportunities to write about my writing ;-)

PS: I'm glad you're starting to work on your novel again. I was sad to hear about how frustrated you were when you "gave up on it" a few months ago. I'm crossing all my fingers and pressing all my thumbs (that's what we do in Germany instead of crossing fingers for luck) that it goes well!