Ahead of time Quote by Diana Gabaldon

I don't plan the books ahead of time. It's not like Harry Potter. I don't work in a straight line. I don't write with…

— Diana Gabaldon

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 work from an outline, and often I don't know how the story will end.

— Patricia MacLachlan

I never work from an outline, and often I dont know how the story will end.

— Patricia MacLachlan

Whenever I finish a book, I start with a blank slate and never have ideas lined up.

— Erik Larson

When you get ready to write your novel, outline it first. There's nothing worse than getting halfway through and realizing you've painted yourself in…

— Janet Evanovich

At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline. To know too much…

— Elmore Leonard

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

I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write.

— J. K. Rowling

I don't start a novel until I have lived with the story for awhile to the point of actually writing an outline and after…

— John Grisham

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 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