A Novel Writing Journal. Writing my first novel has been an enormous undertaking (and I'm even not done yet.) Pants In The Chair is an attempt to share some of my journey with the hope that it may help other writers and creators with their own journeys. This is a journal of what I have learned and what I am continuing to learn every day. “The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.” - Mary Heaton Vorse