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“I believe that no matter what “plot” each of our stories may follow, deep down we all want one thing. We want our lives…

— John C. Maxwell

“There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and IÔÇÖve used every one, but there is only one plot ÔÇô things are not as…

— Jim Thompson

“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

“Stories are no good, not even the short ones, because by the time you get to the second page he's forgotten the beginning. Where…

— Margaret Atwood

“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's a story unfolding with a definite beginning and an eventual end, and even though we can't begin to imagine what the whole plot…

— Ann Tatlock

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

“Despite my affection for subtext and plot and prose at its best... life, it turns out, is nothing more than the finer details.”

— Bailey Vincent

“The importance of a story doesn't merely lie in the development of its plot and the characters involved in it, but in its exploration…

— Gulzar

“All I'm saying is that there is more to life than the main story. Check out the notes in the margins because maybe they're…

— Isabelle Rowan

“Stories trace their roots to impassioned human interactions with the world. I always sense a storyline as an emotional yearning embedded in a deep…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“As it happens, I think that in really good stories, the whole is always greater than the sum of the parts.”

— Stephen King