Around Quote by Sue Monk Kidd

Book ideas are like planes, lined up to approach the runway. Some never leave the gate, but others move quickly to the front of…

— Dan Millman

“I have tried to outline, but all that seems to guarantee is that the book will not much resemble the outline, so I long…

— Daniel Woodrell

I do recall how I got the ideas for some of my books. Many of them are a result of doodling.

— Bill Peet

I cannot outline. I do not know what the next thing is going to happen in the book until it comes out of my…

— Patricia Reilly Giff

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

“When I have a chapter finished, I jot down who the viewpoint characters are, what they are wearing, what happened in the chapter. So…

— Dean Wesley Smith

I'm a great believer in outlines.

— Tom Wolfe

SOON was the first novel where I used a rough outline. Usually I have characters and an idea and write as a process of…

— Jerry B. Jenkins

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

— Don DeLillo

“I never used an outline until I started "The Bourne Legacy" project for which I was required to write an outline. To be honest,…

— Eric Van Lustbader

For 'The Big Wander,' I probably had ten different outlines before I made myself start writing. I would sleep on each one, thinking it…

— Will Hobbs

I knew the basic outline of the novel [The Dissemblers] and would write whatever scene of the book I felt particularly excited about at…

— Liza Campbell