Construction Quote by Jo Nesbo

Rarely does a complete idea come to me. I basically start with just a small scene or a snatch of dialogue and force myself…

— Sandra Brown

I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write.

— J. K. Rowling

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

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

— Grace Paley

“An idea doesn’t have to be a plot notion, just a place to begin creating. Plots often generate themselves when one begins to ask…

— Neil Gaiman

I tend to start with a kernel, a vague concept, and just begin to write things down - notes about a character, lines of…

— Scott Turow

When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with…

— George Stephen

When I write my novels I don't really have a huge plan beforehand; I don't have the whole plot and architecture, so the story…

— Michael Ondaatje

What I have to outline is action and plot because I'm not particularly good at that.

— Janet Evanovich

At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline. To know too much…

— Elmore Leonard

Usually with film writing I start with characters, and set about writing their story.

— Billy Bob Thornton

Some writers can produce marvelous plots without planning it out, but I can't. In particular I need to know the structure of a novel:…

— Emma Donoghue