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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 don't work with an outline, except a vague one in my head, a general idea of character, place, arc... I'm like a composer…

— Said Sayrafiezadeh

I outline in some detail, but even after the outline is done I often get a new idea that is an improvement, so the…

— Jeff Abbott

I start writing with only the vaguest idea about who my characters are and what is going to happen, and the characters and plot…

— Karen Robards

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

— J. K. Rowling

I don't outline at all; I don't find it useful, and I don't like the way it boxes me in. I like the element…

— Khaled Hosseini

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

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 make extensive outlines before I write a book. I usually know what will happen. I know the characters, and I know what they…

— Amor Towles

We don't outline, so we don't have prospective tasks to divide up. It's just, we start at the beginning and talk the first scene…

— Ethan Coen

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

— Steve Erickson

I try to outline. I'm a lazy outliner. I will put the points down of each chapter or series of chapters, but it always…

— Steve Toltz