I am a big outliner. For my adult book, 'The Visibles,' I did not outline, and it took me two years to… — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
I really don't keep an outline; I don't organize in any way. I just write. — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on… — Pat Barker Copy Share Image
I think that by following the route that I have tried to outline, one gets into a much more interesting and productive… — Marvin Harris Copy Share Image
I don't write a play from beginning to end. I don't write an outline. I write scenes and moments as they occur… — Richard Greenberg Copy Share Image
Outlining is like putting on training wheels. It gives me the courage to write, but we always go off the outline. — Hallie Ephron Copy Share Image
That was, in writing the 'Twilight' script I had about five weeks to write that. I'd taken about a month to write… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I write on big yellow legal pads - ideas in outline form when I'm doing stand-up and stuff. It's vivid that way.… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
The more work you put in on your outline and getting the skeleton of your story right, the easier the process is… — Drew Goddard Copy Share Image
I used to be an obsessive outliner - figuring that writing without an outline was like jumping off a cliff and building… — Robin Wasserman Copy Share Image
I've never written a book with an outline or a predetermined theme. It's only in retrospect that themes or subjects become identifiable.… — Susan Choi Copy Share Image
I'm a great planner, so before I ever write chapter 1, I work out what happens in every chapter and who the… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
I love the Web, but the basis of my work is going through the physical books. When you go to the library,… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
I never work from an outline, and often I don't know how the story will end. — Patricia MacLachlan Copy Share Image
The way that I write novels in particular is I don't usually outline; I just write. Part of the fun is discovering… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
One can, in principle, outline sort of a set of neural circuits that are critically involved and even identify disorders that affect… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
I am a big proponent of writing a great outline. That way you can avoid hitting a roadblock. There is no worse… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
I start with an idea that is no more than a paragraph long, and expand it slowly into an outline. But I'm… — Barry Schwartz Copy Share Image
I don't outline; I listen to a kind of whisper inside the material. — Jayne Anne Phillips Copy Share Image
Due to the sweeping time frame and the voices moving back and forth, the outline for 'The Invention of Wings' was the… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
I finally get to the place where the book has matured in my mind and I can hardly wait to start writing… — Stephen J. Cannell Copy Share Image
I usually start with an ending, then outline high points of things that happen, and kind of make up the rest as… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
I binge write, basically. I do a lot of prep, research, setup. I'll have a pretty detailed outline. Sort of like a… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I routinely oscillate between exultation and despair. Maybe at the end of the day I feel pretty good about what I've written,… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I outline in some detail, but even after the outline is done I often get a new idea that is an improvement,… — Jeff Abbott Copy Share Image
