Outlines Quote by Paul S. Kemp

I'm not much of an outliner in general. I tend to wing my way through all my drafts, which means writing a series is…

— Marie Lu

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

— Patricia MacLachlan

I really don't keep an outline; I don't organize in any way. I just write.

— Kevin Kwan

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 write almost purely by instinct. I've never made an outline.

— Steve Erickson

In my stand-up, I generally improvise from an outline.

— Jeff Garlin

The way I outline has changed quite a bit from when I first started writing.

— George Stephen

I'm one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and sticking to them. I'm very good at doing that,…

— Neil Gaiman

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

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

Well, I outline fanatically. I am a long thinker and a slow writer, though I am trying to get faster.

— William Landay

I am a big proponent of writing a great outline. That way you can avoid hitting a roadblock. There is no worse feeling than…

— Michael Showalter