[@Dedonus] Oh, yes. All of it is to be plotted out, start to finish, before any writing starts, in my case. Before I start writing I will always make sure that I know the beginning, the stages the story will go through, and the end. ... This of course doesn't mean I know exactly how long the different stages will be so they might drag on far longer than I intended, or if I get a brilliant idea mid-writing that makes me have to rewrite 50% of my text in order to work in my awesome new idea, but at least when I start I know what I want when I'm finished. And this makes no difference regardless of how long a story I'm writing.

I'm too busy on other things to actually partake in this, but I thought I'd answer the question I saw. For another soul's input on the matter.