Books Quote by Lynn Coady

I'm not an enormous proponent of plot as a reader. It's about other things; my reading has become specialized over the years.

— Patrick deWitt

“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

Plots may be simple or complex, but suspense, and climactic progress from one incident to another, are essential. Every incident in a fictional work…

— H. P. Lovecraft

Plots are ... what the writer sees with.

— Eudora Welty

Resolution and conclusion are inherent in a plot-driven narrative.

— David Shields

“Plot grows out of character. If you focus on who the people in your story are, if you sit and write about two people…

— Anne Lamott

Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will come in…

— Chinua Achebe

The absence of plot leaves the reader room to think about other things.

— David Shields

But keep characters in propinquity long enough and a story will always develop a plot.

— Keith Miller

What's important is how the character drives the narrative.

— Tridha Choudhury

[E]very plot, worth the name, must be elaborated to its dénouement before anything be attempted with the pen. It is only with the dénouement…

— Edgar Allan Poe

I always think plot is what you fall back on if you can't write, to keep things going.

— Meg Rosoff