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title: "7 Plan Writing Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Plan Writing quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Plan Writing sayings and thoughts."
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> [I don't make outlines or plans because whenever I do, they turn out to be useless. It is as if I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-marmon-silko/i-don-t-make-outlines-or-plans-because-whenever-i-do-they-turn-out-to/)

[Leslie Marmon Silko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-marmon-silko/)

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> [I've moved on to Plan B now, writing novels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-plame/i-ve-moved-on-to-plan-b-now-writing-novels/)

[Valerie Plame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-plame/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/valerie-plame-5250_books_i-ve-moved-on-to-plan-b-now-writing-nove_1632691.png)

> [My name became a brand and I'd love to say it was the plan from the start. But the only plan was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/my-name-became-a-brand-and-i-d-love-to-say-it-was-the-plan-from-the/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/)

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> [Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/napoleon-hill/reduce-your-plan-to-writing-the-moment-you-complete-this-you-will/)

[Napoleon Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/napoleon-hill/)

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> [“Don’t fight such a current if it feels right. Trust your material if it’s taking you into terrain you didn’t intend to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-knowlton-zinsser/don-t-fight-such-a-current-if-it-feels-right-trust-your-material-if/)

[William Knowlton Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-knowlton-zinsser/)

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> [I never made any plan before writing, however I succeeded. I enjoyed writing with excitement ,"what happen on the next page?"](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-never-made-any-plan-before-writing-however-i-succeeded-i-enjoyed/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21b/haruki-murakami-21_enjoyed_i-never-made-any-plan-before-writing-how_2975654.jpg)

> [I had this grand plan for writing the history of the United States in six volumes. This was in the mid-1990s; I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-w-brands/i-had-this-grand-plan-for-writing-the-history-of-the-united-states-in/)

[H. W. Brands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-w-brands/)

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