AD_79

I've been wondering this for a while now: to what extent do other people plan out their larger solo mapsets? I've attempted to start more than a few over the past several years, and with one exception none of them have (currently) gotten further than two finished maps. I think my approach of "have a decent idea of what the maplist will be before any of the maps have actually been made" is helping to destroy any chance I have of creating, as I feel unable to totally satisfy the lofty goals I set for myself. Curiously, the one instance in the past several years where I was able to make five maps was one where I did not plan out a maplist ahead of time, and simply threw things together into an order as I went. This is also how I used to work, and while it could potentially lead to less consistency and cohesion, it could also lead to actually finishing something. Perhaps that's a worthwhile trade?

Would love to hear some other thoughts on this, how other creators go about putting together their mapsets. Do you work linearly from MAP01 onwards? Do you create a bunch of maps and then figure out how to order them later? Maybe you do something totally different that I wouldn't even consider on my own!