Chaos Quote by Lisa Lutz

I sometimes start keeping a journal about the writing process itself. Particularly when I get the ideas, and I am trying to brood over…

— Sue Monk Kidd

My writing process is very organic. I start with an idea. I have the general story arc and the cast. But then I sit…

— Sarah Addison Allen

My writing process isn't a very organized thing.

— Chuck Palahniuk

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

Writing is a process of discovering. I could never outline a narrative; that just sounds boring. There's no joy of discovery in what you're…

— Bob Shacochis

I start with an idea that is no more than a paragraph long, and expand it slowly into an outline. But I'm always surprised…

— Barry Schwartz

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

My writing process, such as it is, consists of a lot of noodling, procrastinating, dawdling, and avoiding.

— Amy Bloom

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 basically have two ways I start writing. Either I'll start with something about myself, or something that happened to me that seemed important,…

— Chelsea Martin

I'm not much of an outliner in general. I tend to wing my way through all my drafts, which means writing a series is…

— Marie Lu

My style of writing is to allow the story to unfold on its own. I try not to structure my work too rigidly.

— Anita Desai