Building Quote by Robin Wasserman

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

— Steve Erickson

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 am a big outliner. For my adult book, 'The Visibles,' I did not outline, and it took me two years to write because…

— Sara Shepard

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

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

Don't write outlines; I hate outlines.

— George R. R. Martin

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

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'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've never made an outline for any novel that I've written. Never.

— Don DeLillo

Outlining is like putting on training wheels. It gives me the courage to write, but we always go off the outline.

— Hallie Ephron

I would also argue that there is a good chance that an outline will help you stave off any onslaught of writer's block. Let…

— Terry Brooks