Book Quote by Mercedes Lackey

I make extensive outlines before I write a book. I usually know what will happen. I know the characters, and I know what they…

— Amor Towles

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

At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline. To know too much…

— Elmore Leonard

I have a number of writers I work with regularly. I write an outline for a book. The outlines are very specific about what…

— James Patterson

I never work from an outline, and often I dont know how the story will end.

— Patricia MacLachlan

I never work from an outline, and often I don't know how the story will end.

— Patricia MacLachlan

I outline fairly extensively because I'm usually dealing with real events. I don't need to give myself as much information as I used to,…

— Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

I don't start a novel until I have lived with the story for awhile to the point of actually writing an outline and after…

— John Grisham

The outline is 95 percent of the book. Then I sit down and write, and that's the easy part.

— Jeffery Deaver

I never outline. I don't work from an outline. I have no idea where the book is going. I mean, even two-thirds of the…

— Tom Robbins

I know what I want to achieve in each book and the major points, but I don't plan right down to the chapters. I…

— Samantha Shannon

I plot as I go. Many novelists write an outline that has almost as many pages as their ultimate book. Others knock out a…

— Clive Cussler