lisakothari42 at 2013-09-24 17:59:04:
Given I write with at least my 9 beats filled in - I generally know what I want to happen at the end of Act 1 - i.e. between p. 25-30. When I am intuitively writing my first draft, I'm looking to see that that beat is there and that I'm not wildly off with the story track. Still, there is room for changes, additions, etc. but generally I want to know what that beat is at the end of Act 1 and hit it. Even in that vomit first draft, I often do.