Backgrounds Quote by James N. Frey

“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

Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories.

— Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

If you do weave one-liners into a story, you have to have an overall story as well, otherwise it doesn't really count as narrative.

— Tim Vine

Anything that happens on any show is a plot contrivance because that's just storytelling.

— Bryan Fuller

We don't usually start out with a plot that we can pitch in two lines. We spend a year brainstorming and discussing ideas that…

— Joachim Trier

The characters are the plot. What they do and say and the things that happen to them are, in a sense, what the plot…

— Terry Pratchett

My advice to aspiring writers of fantasy trilogies or series is that each book needs two main plots. There's the 'big story', the over-arching…

— Juliet Marillier

Plot comes first. The plot is the archictecture of your novel. You wouldn't build a house without a plan. If I wrote without a…

— Barbara Kingsolver

Most short stories have but one plot. The very best, however, have what I call a plot-and-a-half – that is, a main plot and…

— Elizabeth Sims

I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I dont believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it.

— Lisa Unger

I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I don't believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it.

— Lisa Unger

Character, story and plot are affected by any action sequence so you have to really design them accordingly.

— Kari Skogland