Quote by Barbara Branden

Resolution and conclusion are inherent in a plot-driven narrative.

— David Shields

Essentially and most simply put, plot is what the characters do to deal with the situation they are in. It is a logical sequence…

— Elizabeth George

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

Plot is what happens in your story. Every story needs structure, just as every body needs a skeleton. It is how you 'flesh out…

— Caroline Lawrence

Events, time, forms, all propel the inner plot within each of us.

— Vanna Bonta

Plotting is like sex. Plotting is about desire and satisfaction, anticipation and release. You have to arouse your reader's desire to know what happens,…

— Colin Greenland

I don't like plots. I don't know what a plot means. I can't stand the idea of anything that starts in the beginning -…

— Maira Kalman

I've always wrestled with the difference between plot and structure, and after re-reading a lot of writing books I realized I wasn't alone.

— Jeff VanderMeer

Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories.

— Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

“A denouement is not a complete or fully resolved ending but a satisfying closure to a story. [in French translates 'an untying, a relaxing…

— Dan B. Allender

Plots are ... what the writer sees with.

— Eudora Welty

“An idea doesn’t have to be a plot notion, just a place to begin creating. Plots often generate themselves when one begins to ask…

— Neil Gaiman