Certain Quote by Louise Erdrich

I find it an easy way into writing pieces is to think what the character's voice is like, and start from there.

— Armando Iannucci

Before I ever begin writing a new story, I have to sketch my characters out on paper. It's part of my process of understanding…

— Marie Lu

You can't really write until the characters kind of show up one day and tell you what they're going to say. You start to…

— Chris Terrio

I use a lot of narration; I have a very prosaic style. I like to get you invested in the character first and do…

— Scott Snyder

I begin by assembling notes on characters. Large swaths of the plot become clear to me as I do this.

— James Ellroy

I like making books but I'm not sure exactly what I'm doing. Perhaps I just try to arrange a bunch of seemingly random drawings…

— David Shrigley

We don't usually start out with a plot that we can pitch in two lines. We spend a year brainstorming and discussing ideas that…

— Joachim Trier

My preferred style is to write in first person, so I always have to play around with possible narrator voices until I find something…

— Laurie Graham

Every story I write starts with a dilemma or a theme. Once I am convinced that this is the issue that is perturbing my…

— Siegfried Lenz

If I don't have a project going, I sit down and begin to write something - a character sketch, a monologue, a description of…

— Thomas Perry

First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success.

— Anne Rice

Rarely does a complete idea come to me. I basically start with just a small scene or a snatch of dialogue and force myself…

— Sandra Brown