Book Quote by Patricia Reilly Giff

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 never know what's going to happen in a novel. I don't have a plan or an outline.

— Donna Leon

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

— Jeffery Deaver

“I have tried to outline, but all that seems to guarantee is that the book will not much resemble the outline, so I long…

— Daniel Woodrell

I finally get to the place where the book has matured in my mind and I can hardly wait to start writing it. Then…

— Stephen J. Cannell

“When I have a chapter finished, I jot down who the viewpoint characters are, what they are wearing, what happened in the chapter. So…

— Dean Wesley Smith

I do not outline. There are writers I know and count as my friends who certainly do it the other way, but for me,…

— Joyce Maynard

I just have to proceed as usual. No matter what happens, nothing helps with the writing of the next book.

— Frank McCourt

I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin…

— Mercedes Lackey

I do better just letting the stories develop. I don't outline very well, and I can't follow it if I do. Once I've outlined…

— Joe R. Lansdale

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