Clever Quote by Reza Negarestani

Plots are ... what the writer sees with.

— Eudora Welty

A plot begins when somebody has something to hide.

— John Banville

Essentially and most simply put, plot is what the characters do to deal with the situation they are in. It is a logical sequence…

— Elizabeth George

Plotting is like sex. Plotting is about desire and satisfaction, anticipation and release. You have to arouse your reader's desire to know what happens,…

— Colin Greenland

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

— David Shields

I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write.

— J. K. Rowling

Plot comes first. The plot is the archictecture of your novel. You wouldn't build a house without a plan. If I wrote without a…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“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

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

— Meg Rosoff

“An idea doesn’t have to be a plot notion, just a place to begin creating. Plots often generate themselves when one begins to ask…

— Neil Gaiman

As one of my creative writing professors once said, there are only seven plots. What makes those plots different is how you handle them,…

— Kristine Kathryn Rusch

“A plot-structure is a series of integrated, logically connected events, moved by a central purpose, leading to the resolution of a climax.”

— Barbara Branden