Plotting Quote by Stephen King

“Writing controlled fiction is called "plotting." Buckling your seatbelt and letting the story take over, however...that is called "storytelling." Storytelling is as natural as…

— Stephen King

Nothing beats novel writing because it's complete expression of you. You just control everything. Not even a movie director has that level of control.

— Tom Perrotta

“The most exciting part of writing a novel is when the characters take control of the story”

— Brandt Legg

A story comes to you; it isn't like you choose it. You have no real control.

— Mary Downing Hahn

When everything does seem out of control, writing fiction is a way I can order that chaos and restore some sort of meaning. I…

— Miriam Toews

I have no control over my writing. I have lots of good intentions, but no control. There's a story that wants to be told.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

It is important not to force a character into something. Fiction writers can be too controlling - usually that's a terror of our own…

— Jeanette Winterson

I feel like handling a narrative in fiction is a wonderful way to teach stories that then open a pathway to reality and understanding.

— Amy Landecker

That's the fine balance of a fiction writer...to be able to give your characters enough freedom to surprise you and yet still maintain some…

— Alan Lightman

Considerations of plot do a great deal of heavy lifting when it comes to long-form narrative - readers will overlook the most ham-fisted prose…

— Lynn Coady

I always say writing fiction isn't something you teach. It's something you do, and only experimentation - i.e. doing it, either badly or good…

— Peter Orner

Novelists have to be adept at controlling the flow of information, and, most crucially, they have to be in charge of the narrative.

— Ian Mcewan