Instead of...

brainstorming what the books going to be about...

Let's make it a little less restrictive than that, eh?

I'm a pantser. Planning is only something that happens in my head, not in paper and those often get overwritten when my writing goes off in unexpected directions.

There's the fun, you never know what you're going to get, so, how about instead of brainstorming the topic of the book, we just try to decide on the opening scene?

Time, location, season, weather and characters and move on from there?