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I think it is very rare for a mystery writer to not plot before hand. A mystery is two stories in one, and if I don’t know the story of the crime, first, it makes it so much more difficult to tell the story of the detection or solving of that crime. Not everything is planned in advance, though, but there has to be a framework or prepping of some kind. I have written mysteries without plotting, and while entertaining to read (for me, anyway) I must admit they aren’t well written and gave me very little to work with when trying to edit. I want to write at a higher level, and I believe I need to figure more out beforehand in order to do that. Otherwise there is a good chance the more unique and wonderful ideas just won’t come to me, since they tend to take more time to surface in my mind. At least, I *think* that will help. So far I haven’t been able to fully test this theory.