Four Quote by J.R. Ward

I have always been drawn to characters, and this was true for my feature-writing career as well, where there is a tension between rule-breaking…

— Matt Nix

“The three rules to writing a novel; 1) Write 2) Write more 3) Keep writing”

— SciFurz

“Plot grows out of character. If you focus on who the people in your story are, if you sit and write about two people…

— Anne Lamott

I always think plot is what you fall back on if you can't write, to keep things going.

— Meg Rosoff

“My advice to writers is this: Walk, talk, breathe, laugh, cry, fall, rise, fail, succeed, run, jump, love, hate, hide, seek, learn, work, play,…

— S. Alex Martin

“All plots tend to move deathward. This is the nature of plots. Political plots, terrorist plots, lovers’ plots, narrative plots, plots that are part…

— Don DeLillo

I'm always writing from some difficult place and seeing how the character survives... or doesn't.

— Adam Silvera

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 grows out of character. If you focus on who the people in your story are, if you sit and write about two people…

— Anne Lamott

When you start writing, you have your characters on a metaphorical paved road, and as they go down it, all these other roads become…

— Quentin Tarantino

“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

There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and I’ve used every one, but there is only one plot – things are not as…

— Jim Thompson