Showing the addiction and unusual sexual practices are ways of just outlining a much bigger character trait. — James Franco Copy Share Image
I don't like outlining, because books are organic things. Sometimes a book doesn't want to be written in a certain way. — Sara Gruen Copy Share Image
“Outlining, in short, is not merely a way of organizing ideas but is also a way of getting ideas.” — Sylvan Barnet Copy Share Image
I spend eight months outlining and researching the novel before I begin to write a single word of the prose. — Jeffery Deaver 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
“But all that planning and outlining can really get a man knotted up thinking things aren’t going his way. It might be… — Patti Callahan Henry Copy Share Image
The Refugee Convention of 1951 was a major breakthrough, outlining the rights of those displaced across borders as well as the legal… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Outlining is not writing. Coming up with ideas is not writing. Researching is not writing. Creating characters is not writing. Only writing… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
The Founding Fathers envisioned a federal government that trusts its people with their money and freedom, outlining this limited, non-intrusive federal government… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing - none of that is writing. Writing… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
People frequently comment on the emptiness in one night stands, but emptiness here has always been just another word for darkness. Blind… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
“Plot is certainly a part of constructing a story. It’s a factor in outlining. But believe it or not, it’s the least… — Libbie Hawker Copy Share Image
I explained to Amazon that I don't like outlining or projecting what something's going to be. I like to allow a story… — Whit Stillman Copy Share Image
Once you play with these scenes and you're outlining it, again and again, and telling each other the narrative, and telling it… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
“Whenever I write first drafts, I like to maximize the possibility of f-ups, mistakes, mis-written words, digressions, crazy changes in tone, etc.… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's strategy is to lead from behind. It sounds like what he is outlining is not to lead… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
It's often said that you learn more from defeat than victory and the RNC has certainly taken that to heart. After difficult… — Alice Stewart Copy Share Image
I really need to know where I'm going with fiction to write it in a way that at least I'm happy with.… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
The patron saint of outlining - the bespectacled siren who sings to me from his spotless rock - is P. G. Wodehouse. — Ben Dolnick Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of outlining. Here's the theory: If I outline, then I can see the mistakes I'm liable to make.… — Cynthia Voigt Copy Share Image
If I spend a year and a half writing a script, the first year will be outlining in notebooks. It's just the… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
I start writing with only the vaguest idea about who my characters are and what is going to happen, and the characters… — Karen Robards Copy Share Image
As far as outlining is concerned, I don't outline humor. I might right down a word or two to remind myself of… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I am a hopeless pantser, so I don't do much outlining. A thought will occur to me, and I'll just throw it… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
Could he be naked beneath his breeches? They seemed molded to him, outlining the powerful lines of his thighs and the swell… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
