An interesting way to look at writing novels, but I far prefer the novels that have the plot worked out before the writing starts. I can always tell these because everything integrates so well with everything else and it feels whole.<p>Novels that 'start on page 1 and slog through to the end' usually read the same way. They ramble and they get lost and eventually find some kind of ending.<p>Novels that start somewhere, then work out different pieces until there's a whole novel would seem to be in the same category for the reader, but probably more fun for the writer.