Change Quote by H. P. Lovecraft

I think one of the biggest mistakes you can make as a writer is to follow your initial [writing] plan too stringently. A story…

— Patrick Rothfuss

What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly.

— Terry Brooks

Considerations of plot do a great deal of heavy lifting when it comes to long-form narrative - readers will overlook the most ham-fisted prose…

— Lynn Coady

“Plot is certainly a part of constructing a story. It’s a factor in outlining. But believe it or not, it’s the least important factor.…

— Libbie Hawker

I begin by writing paragraphs that don’t have an immediate relation to a plot. The sound of the story comes first.

— Grace Paley

I am asked to submit a 2-3 page synopsis to my publisher ahead of time, so by the time I begin writing, I have…

— Julie Klassen

Each story tells me how to write it, but not the one afterwards.

— Eudora Welty

I always plan the whole story in some detail, long before I start writing the actual thing. But even doing that, I find that…

— Raymond Buckland

Forget narrative, backstory, characterisation, exposition, all of that. Just make the audience want to know what happens next.

— David Mamet

“Get your story written, you always have the second and third draft to fix things like tense, 1st vs 3rd person, the exact right…

— Andromeda Edison

What I have to write, the story, it is always going on in my mind. What incidences I can add in the story -…

— Sudha Murty

What makes a story a story is that something changes. Internal, external, small or large, trivial or of earth-shattering importance. Doesn't matter.

— Sarah Monette