"Novel geneticist" (= looking in detail how literary text/novel are produced cf. link) P.M. de Biasi distinguishes between "with Plan" literature and "au fil de la plume". 1st example is Flaubert (Many Plans and scenarii before "writing" the text) vs Stendhal eg. La Chartreuse de Parme: 3 weeks to write without detailed plan. http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/toc/14021.html
The result is that some of his characters and settings are more interesting than his plots. Example: later Dark Tower series.