I've been writing daily on my latest novel - up to 140 pages. I plan on writing more today. I do not outline my plots before I start writing. I start with a basic idea and a main character and then let the rest of the characters show up. Many times they become very different from the way I envisioned them when they first appeared. In one of my manuscripts, the "bad guy" just wasn't really bad enough so I had to come up with some really "bad" guys. Interesting how things happen. There are twists in my manuscripts that I never consciously plotted. The characters themselves took over and dictated the action.