After Quote by Ashwin Sanghi

Normally I start with a plot, and write a synopsis, and the ideas come from the construction.

— Jo Nesbo

Usually I work out the plot before I start. This time I thought: Writers always talk about not knowing where a book is going…

— Daniel Kehlmann

When I write my novels I don't really have a huge plan beforehand; I don't have the whole plot and architecture, so the story…

— Michael Ondaatje

Ideas come at any moment -- except when you demand them. Most ideas come while I'm physically active, at the gym, with friends, gardening,…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Working on the plot/story idea for my next novel ... It always takes time.

— Nicholas Sparks

Rarely does a complete idea come to me. I basically start with just a small scene or a snatch of dialogue and force myself…

— Sandra Brown

I'm one of the narrative-push people. I don't outline, I don't plan ahead. So I'm my first reader, telling myself the story as I'm…

— Donald E. Westlake

The more work you put in on your outline and getting the skeleton of your story right, the easier the process is later.

— Drew Goddard

I plot as I go. Many novelists write an outline that has almost as many pages as their ultimate book. Others knock out a…

— Clive Cussler

We don't usually start out with a plot that we can pitch in two lines. We spend a year brainstorming and discussing ideas that…

— Joachim Trier

I spend eight months outlining and researching the novel before I begin to write a single word of the prose.

— Jeffery Deaver

Sometimes I'll have a scene that strikes me, I just feel like writing a scene, a mini-story that seems like it might lead somewhere.…

— Shane Black