Chapters Quote by Pamela Clare

Usually I work out the plot before I start. This time I thought: Writers always talk about not knowing where a book is going…

— Daniel Kehlmann

You don't just have a story - you're a story in the making, and you never know what the next chapter's going to be.…

— Dan Millman

I don't know if make a conscious effort to vary the characters and subjects that I write about, but I do find myself keeping…

— Christine Sneed

If I'm writing and a chapter isn't coming, I just move ahead.

— James Patterson

I tend not to know what the plot is or the story is or even the theme. Those things come later, for me.

— Michael Ondaatje

You have to understand that while I pre-plot the meta story of a given book, I often have no idea of what will happen…

— R. A. Salvatore

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 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

The only way I could finish a book and get a plot was just to keep making it longer until something happens.

— Nelson Algren

There's an arc to an action sequence, and you need to come out the other end knowing your character better, and maybe the story…

— David Leitch

“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

Plotting is difficult for me, and always has been. I do that before I actually start writing, but I always do characters, and the…

— Elizabeth George