Along Quote by John Scalzi

I don't start a novel until I have lived with the story for awhile to the point of actually writing an outline and after…

— John Grisham

I don't outline or plan ahead when I write a novel. The more I know about what's going to happen, the less interesting it…

— Nick Petrie

I hate outlines. I have a broad sense of where the story is going; I know the end, I know the end of the…

— George R. R. Martin

I do not outline. There are writers I know and count as my friends who certainly do it the other way, but for me,…

— Joyce Maynard

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

I never outline my novels before I write. I do have a vague sense of beginning, middle, and end at the outset of each…

— Emily Giffin

I make extensive outlines before I write a book. I usually know what will happen. I know the characters, and I know what they…

— Amor Towles

All my writer friends outline their books, and I find that hard. It doesn't feel inspired to me. I get bored with that, and…

— Jenny Han

I plot as I go. Many novelists write an outline that has almost as many pages as their ultimate book. Others knock out a…

— Clive Cussler

I do better just letting the stories develop. I don't outline very well, and I can't follow it if I do. Once I've outlined…

— Joe R. Lansdale

I envy those writers who outline their novels, who know where they're going. But I find writing is a process of discovery.

— Jay McInerney

I don't write with an outline. I don't often know what I'm going to do as I'm writing. And I do everything by feel…

— James Frey