Because Quote by Vikas Swarup

I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters take over. And they tell me what to say…

— Andrew Greeley

Although I'm very lazy when it comes to writing, I'm not that lazy when it comes to thinking. I like to develop the plan…

— Jorge Luis Borges

Usually when I put my focus on the pacing, the plot, the specific characterizations, - it's ironic - but then I actually increase my…

— Christopher Rice

I'm a pantser. I try to plot. I always try to plot. I end up with a few paragraphs that basically outline the gist…

— Pamela Clare

When you get ready to write your novel, outline it first. There's nothing worse than getting halfway through and realizing you've painted yourself in…

— Janet Evanovich

The older I get and the more fiction I write, the more I outline, the more I think about plot before I dive in…

— Dave Barry

The only way I could finish a book and get a plot was just to keep making it longer until something happens.

— Nelson Algren

Usually I work out the plot before I start. This time I thought: Writers always talk about not knowing where a book is going…

— Daniel Kehlmann

With a novel, you have to have a story. It's much more important to have it matter to the reader what happens to people,…

— Dave Barry

It's hard for me to think of writing a novel, because it takes so long.

— Jonathan Ames

I tend to write longer narrative pieces after I've finished writing a novel - when the fiction's finished and put away, and I have…

— Dinaw Mengestu

What I enjoy most are those times when I get an idea and it just flows - the words coming so fast that I'm…

— Leah Cypess