Doe Quote by Violet Duke

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

I'm a well-intentioned plotter who ends up with wondrous pantsing revelations and (at times) ginormous rewrites that look almost nothing like my carefully plotted…

— Violet Duke

“I've always been a pantser when I write. Planning detail with what happens at every turn isn't me. I'm not a plotter. I like…

— Jul Winters

That's the way I work. I get it all plotted in my mind, and then I write it down.

— Ann Patchett

I feel like I know how to write plot.

— Mike White

I almost write to formula, because there's a historical beginning, then the plots get convoluted.

— Clive Cussler

Plotting is difficult for me, and always has been. I do that before I actually start writing, but I always do characters, and the…

— Elizabeth George

Probably careful plotting reflects my personality. I am meticulous by nature. I can't imagine speed-writing anything that happens to pop into my head.

— William Landay

Plots are ... what the writer sees with.

— Eudora Welty

Plotting is like sex. Plotting is about desire and satisfaction, anticipation and release. You have to arouse your reader's desire to know what happens,…

— Colin Greenland

I used my pants to illustrate.

— Mike Singletary

The plot is not very important to me, though a novel must have one, of course. It's just a line to hang the washing…

— Ivy Compton-Burnett