Boxes Quote by Khaled Hosseini

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

A lot of people think that they are really cool because they don't outline. In my writing group, they would say, "I will never…

— Matt de la Pena

The way that I write novels in particular is I don't usually outline; I just write. Part of the fun is discovering what's happening…

— John Scalzi

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 outline in some detail, but even after the outline is done I often get a new idea that is an improvement, so the…

— Jeff Abbott

I used to be an obsessive outliner - figuring that writing without an outline was like jumping off a cliff and building a parachute…

— Robin Wasserman

I really don't keep an outline; I don't organize in any way. I just write.

— Kevin Kwan

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 never work from an outline, and often I don't know how the story will end.

— Patricia MacLachlan

An outline is crucial. It saves so much time. When you write suspense, you have to know where you're going because you have to…

— John Grisham

I'm one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and sticking to them. I'm very good at doing that,…

— Neil Gaiman

I try to outline. I'm a lazy outliner. I will put the points down of each chapter or series of chapters, but it always…

— Steve Toltz