Ahead Quote by Diana Gabaldon

I don't plot the books out ahead of time, I don't plan them. I don't begin at the beginning and end at the end.…

— Diana Gabaldon

There’s no grand plan. All I know is that I write the books I want to write. All that other stuff is meaningless to…

— Bret Easton Ellis

I'm a relatively disciplined writer who composes the whole book before beginning to execute and write it. Of course, you can't hold - you…

— Orhan Pamuk

I don't outline or plan ahead when I write a novel. The more I know about what's going to happen, the less interesting it…

— Nick Petrie

I never outline. I don't work from an outline. I have no idea where the book is going. I mean, even two-thirds of the…

— Tom Robbins

I never plan my novels because if I know what is going to happen, it bores me rigid. I let the story tell itself.

— James Herbert

I make extensive outlines before I write a book. I usually know what will happen. I know the characters, and I know what they…

— Amor Towles

I do better just letting the stories develop. I don't outline very well, and I can't follow it if I do. Once I've outlined…

— Joe R. Lansdale

The way that I write novels in particular is I don't usually outline; I just write. Part of the fun is discovering what's happening…

— John Scalzi

I'm not the sort of writer who can plan out things. Mostly I have no idea where I'm going.

— Chang-Rae Lee

I don't plan my books. I don't know what's going to happen. That's why I could pick up any one of my 30 books…

— Jackie Collins

I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin…

— Mercedes Lackey