Am Quote by Lorraine Adams

I don't plot, and I don't plan. I like to be surprised like the reader.

— Joe R. Lansdale

When you are a sentence-based writer, they have to be good. They have to be really on the spot. Because when you don't have…

— Per Petterson

I feel like I know how to write plot.

— Mike White

I'm always telling myself as I write that I'm not really writing a novel; I'm just going to fool around with a character or…

— Robert Cormier

I write largely plot-driven stories.

— Ravi Subramanian

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

And I do have one surefire plot I have not and probably never will write because of my fear someone will carry it out.

— Greg Iles

Making sentences is what I do. I mean, the story will come as I write.

— Per Petterson

I start with a character and a situation, but I don't know what's going to happen until I write it. Sometimes things happen that…

— Louis L'Amour

I write fast. But it takes me a while to get going. It's very important for me to see my whole plot. I have…

— Vikas Swarup

I'm probably more character-driven than plot-driven. It's rare for me to attach myself to an idea for a story.

— Steven Soderbergh

Certain writers look down their noses at plot, and I think I might have been one of them until I tried it.

— Patrick deWitt