“Other people dream while they are asleep. I plot new book ideas.” — Michelle C. Hillstrom Copy Share Image
“Introduction of deus ex machina is a tell-tale sign of sloppy plotting.” — Mike Mehalek Copy Share Image
“Steven G. Johnson pointed out in the julia-user mailing list that pyplot (a matplotlib wrapper) is another, fourth way for plotting in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Success is more about training the hand to hit the bull's eye, rather than going hard, fast, and furious.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
While my writing does seem to ultimately have a lot to do with pantsing in the end, without the plotting, I'd get… — Violet Duke Copy Share Image
Probably careful plotting reflects my personality. I am meticulous by nature. I can't imagine speed-writing anything that happens to pop into my… — William Landay Copy Share Image
“You can keep the ‘aww’ without having the ‘eww,’ creating a stronger plot!” — Kaylee Stepkoski Copy Share Image
All you need to know about plotting is twofold. 1. Give your characters goals. 2. Don't let them reach those goals. — J.A. Konrath Copy Share Image
“What truly matters isn’t your feelings or even those of your characters—it’s the emotional experience of your audience.” — Will Raywood Copy Share Image
I am a great believer that all the primary research has to be done before principle writing begins. I'm a huge advocate… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
When I'm plotting out a book, I use a storyboard - I'll have maybe three lines across on the storyboard and just… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
Anybody can do research. The plotting of the novel, writing the ending before you write anything else, which I always do -… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I got into reading a lot of noir and a lot of thrillers as well, and I really admired the plotting about… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“We've only been sitting here forty minutes. I'm never at the morning table less than an hour and a half. I do… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came… — George Stephen Copy Share Image
“Revenge, I've come to learn, is not impulsive, or reactionary, or blind. It's calculating, patient, and observant. And if it's going to… — Dawn Klehr Copy Share Image
We've always had a love for other places outside the US. I would be right with him. Now that Michael's been vindicated,… — Jermaine Jackson Copy Share Image
You can't compete with hip-hop. That doesn't mean I don't want to be as big as a rap star. I do -… — Brandon Flowers Copy Share Image
“All plots tend to move deathward. This is the nature of plots. Political plots, terrorist plots, lovers’ plots, narrative plots, plots that… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
“From all we have said about plotting in general it should be evident that even in those modern plots in which events… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
“A beginning is that which does not itself follow anything by causal necessity, but after which something naturally is or comes to… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I love to play with language; make it do tricks, turn a word inside out to see if it's got a hidden… — Larry Gelbart Copy Share Image
Plotting isn't like sex, because you can go back and adjust it afterwards. Whether you plan your story beforehand or not, if… — Colin Greenland Copy Share Image
“Of course, the writer can impose control; It's just a really shitty idea. Writing controlled fiction is called "plotting." Buckling your seatbelt… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
'Seize the Story' takes readers all the way through the process of writing fiction, from beginning to end. Every element, from dialogue… — Victoria Hanley Copy Share Image
“Remember: Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Imagine the same scene in HAMLET if Pullman had written it. Hamlet, using a mystic pearl, places the poison in the cup… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
“To live, fiction must be read, and to be read it must be enjoyed. Why do so many people talk about the… — Trevor Cole Copy Share Image
“If through no fault of his own the hero is crushed by a bulldozer in Act II, we are not impressed. Even… — Bernard Knox Copy Share Image
“I distrust plot for two reasons: first, because our lives are largely plotless, even when you add in all our reasonable precautions… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“I have a plan, one I've been plotting for years now. It is my only way out.” — John Grisham Copy Share Image
I love intricate plotting and exciting twists, but I realize more that people enjoy a good story in a simple, focused way. — Evan Daugherty Copy Share Image
As an engineer I'm constantly spotting problems and plotting how to solve them. — James Dyson Copy Share Image
“The last time she was up here, she had been... staring up at the sky and dreaming of stars. Now, she looked… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
I once tried to write a novel about revenge. It's the only book I didn't finish. I couldn't get into the mind… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
