Plot Quote by Jim Thompson

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

— Eudora Welty

I'm quite adept at writing two or sometimes even three stories at once. So if I get stuck on one story, I switch the…

— Zara Cox

You really have to hold as many stories as possible in your hands before you figure out how to tell your singular story in…

— Nia DaCosta

As a matter of writing philosophy, if there is one, I try not to ever plot a story. I try to write it from…

— Anonymous

... We must remember that there's more than one story and plot in every novel. There are at least as many stories as there…

— Walter Mosley

Creating one single story often requires experimenting and planning and falling on your literary rear more than once before you find the way that…

— Nancy Lam

“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 is only one plot-things are not what they seem.

— Jim Thompson

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

There is a limited number of plots. There is no limit to the number of stories.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

I write largely plot-driven stories.

— Ravi Subramanian

As one of my creative writing professors once said, there are only seven plots. What makes those plots different is how you handle them,…

— Kristine Kathryn Rusch