Plot Quote by Arthur Bradford Download Open image “I want the situations and plots to be surprising and unusual.” — Arthur Bradford ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Plot Situation Surprising Unusual Want
There are only so many plots in the world. It's how they unfold that makes them interesting. — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward. — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
I'm really quite bad at coming up with plot ideas. I like to create characters and just see what will happen to them when… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
Plots may be simple or complex, but suspense, and climactic progress from one incident to another, are essential. Every incident in a fictional work… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I have themes that interest me or that touch on larger issues but, really, I'm just trying to figure out the plot, or… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in plots. I'm interested only in the characterization of people and what they do. — Erskine Caldwell Copy Share Image
In order to have a plot, you have to have a conflict, something bad has to happen. — Mike Judge Copy Share Image
Plot is just not my gift. I'm fascinated with complex characters, and that doesn't mix well with complex plots. And by the way, when… — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share Image
I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations. — Walter Lord Copy Share Image
All good plots come from well-orchestrated characters pitted against one another in a conflict of wills. — James N. Frey Copy Share Image
I'd just like to point out that almost all of these stories in this collection were rejected by some publication at one time or… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
I never really set out to research any of these stories. I try to lead an interesting life though. I guess the closest I… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
Dogwalker is a book of fiction, with characters based on the types of people who truly exist in the world. I've seen them and… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
The first story I wrote was "Catface" which was later selected for The O. Henry Collection, so that gave me some confidence to try… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
I have two dogs myself and they are always around when I write, so they tend to creep in there. — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
I'm just a dog person. I love dogs very much, especially big ones, hounds, and retrievers. I think they are funny and often have… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
I chose the title Dogwalker because that describes me pretty well. I spend a lot of time walking around with my dogs. I'd say… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
I want people to read them and enjoy the experience and feel entertained. A lot of the best stories revolve around strange people, people… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
I'm interested in other animals too though. There's the slug in "Mollusks", and I wrote a story about bees and one about a cat… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
I make films about people with disabilities as well and I think this question is more relevant in regards to these documentaries where the… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
Sometimes the autobiographical link in each story is very literal, like I did work at The Texas School for the Blind, and I did… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
Some of the stories in Dogwalker were written as long as four years ago, but I wouldn't say I've been working on this collection… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
Story is about pulling the reader in and a plot is a more externalized mechanism of revelation. A plot is more antic, more performative,… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
You can't have a movie with a group of people that are significant players in the story, that push forward the plot, without introducing… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
Steve [King] has been incredibly supportive. He's also really good about getting back to me when I have questions about plot or characterization. — Robin Furth Copy Share Image
All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which means characters moving through… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
J.K. Rowling said Bellatrix's role was going to be significant in the last one, when I showed some reluctance in playing a tiny bit… — Helena Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end. — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
The first act is the easiest to plot. The second act is always the hardest to plot. Generally a good, you know, sometimes the… — Stephen J. Cannell Copy Share Image
The first person who, having enclosed a plot of land, took it into his head to say this is mine and found people simple… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
O poor New England! There is a deep laid plot against your civil and religious liberties, and they will be lost. Your golden days… — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
It's not the plot [of Valley of Violence] - the plot is the reason to get all these things to happen, all these character… — Ti West Copy Share Image
In tragic life, God wot, No villain need be! Passions spin the plot: We are betrayed by what is false within. — George Meredith Copy Share Image
I'm not so sure that I can teach people how to, you know, write dialogue or create plot or anything like that. But if… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
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