Plot Quotes
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I like to allow a story to arise as I'm writing scripts. I find it horrible when I try to think of something for the plot without really being on the ground and seeing where it goes.
John Whitney "Whit" Stillman -
I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward.
Sara Zarr
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You don't idea your way into a plot but plot your way into an idea.
Ethan Canin -
The characters write the plot. Their natures do.
Norman Rush -
But really, if you ask me, there is only one kid of plot. One. Stuff happens. That's it.
Nora Raleigh Baskin -
What the devil does the plot signify, except to bring in fine things?
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham -
I am not an analytical writer. Once I flesh out my characters and decide on the elements of my plot, the story unfolds in my head almost as though it was a movie reel.
Susan Carroll -
My goal is to write books that are quality books with very real characters and a gripping plot.
John Searles
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I sit in my room at my desk, looking out the window to the yard and waiting for a plot to come to me, to rise slowly in my mind.
Siegfried Lenz -
Plot is just a fancy way of saying 'and then.
Erica Jong -
God is the larger context and plot in which our stories find themselves.
Eugene H. Peterson -
There is no 'right' way to begin a novel, but for me, plot has to wait. The character comes first.
Susan Isaacs -
Spy plots are hard, really hard.
Rashida Jones -
Plots are ... what the writer sees with.
Eudora Welty