Writing Quote by Jul Winters

“You create your characters, set things in motion, and then let those characters and the situations they encounter tell you how they’re going to end up.”

— Laird Barron

I'm a pantser. I try to plot. I always try to plot. I end up with a few paragraphs that basically outline the gist…

— Pamela Clare

“If you're writing a story and YOU can't wait to see how it all pans out, then you are doing something right.”

— Giuseppe Bianco

“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

“No matter how much planning you do the story will always tell itself the way it wants to be told.”

— Stoo Goff

“If you spend enough time with your characters, plot simply happens.”

— Chris Baty

“If a writer is daydreaming, leave them be. They could be plotting their next great story.”

— Graeme Roberts

“I intend all my characters must escape from impossible situations; if they are not in trouble, then as a writer, I am.”

— Cleveland W. Gibson

“Never let something you want to happen in a story tie the hands of your characters and especially not your villain. If your hero…

— Alex Woolfson

“Discover everything about your characters that you can before you write your story. If you get stuck at any point, they will write your…

— Michael J. Kannengieser

“You think you know how a story begins, or how it's going to turn out, especially when it's your own. You don't.”

— Edan Lepucki

“As far as my characters doing what I want them to, I'm afraid I'm not a real writer like the rest of you because…

— Jessie Chandler