Cases Quote by George Saunders

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

We don't outline, so we don't have prospective tasks to divide up. It's just, we start at the beginning and talk the first scene…

— Ethan Coen

Normally I work out a general summary of what I mean to do, then start writing, and the details can be different from my…

— Piers Anthony

I don't really have the gift of the sustained narrative that you need to write a book. I've tried a couple of times, and…

— Robyn Hitchcock

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'm not very well organized unless I'm plugged into a structure like the opera or a movie. When I'm doing that, I have to…

— David Cronenberg

After I finish writing a chapter, I'll print it out, cut it up into paragraphs, and cut away any transition sentences. Then I shuffle…

— Erik Larson

My writing process isn't a very organized thing.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Once you play with these scenes and you're outlining it, again and again, and telling each other the narrative, and telling it to people…

— Brit Marling

An outline is crucial. It saves so much time. When you write suspense, you have to know where you're going because you have to…

— John Grisham

I tend to write longer narrative pieces after I've finished writing a novel - when the fiction's finished and put away, and I have…

— Dinaw Mengestu

My [story] outlines are usually about 5-6 pages long. I'm essentially telling myself the story in short form. I try to make it clear…

— Chevy Stevens