Character Quote by L. Sprague de Camp

I always plan the whole story in some detail, long before I start writing the actual thing. But even doing that, I find that…

— Raymond Buckland

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

— Eudora Welty

I don't always write in order, so composing multi-book stories could get complicated.

— Erin Morgenstern

As a writer, I challenge myself not to tell the same story - to tackle different characters with different issues.

— Eric Jerome Dickey

I love creating individual short stories within chapters, but I want to get better at building consistent narratives from start to finish.

— David Crabb

Every paragraph should accomplish two goals: advance the story, and develop your characters as complex human beings.

— Nancy Kress

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

I usually start with an ending, then outline high points of things that happen, and kind of make up the rest as I go…

— Julie Kagawa

Conventional forms of narrative allow for different points of view, but for this book I wanted a structure whereby each of the main characters…

— Penelope Lively

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

I don't know if make a conscious effort to vary the characters and subjects that I write about, but I do find myself keeping…

— Christine Sneed

“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