Plot Quotes
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The characters write the plot. Their natures do.
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I always have one or two, sometimes more, Navajo or other tribes' cultural elements in mind when I start a plot. In Thief of Time, I wanted to make readers aware of Navajo attitude toward the dead, respect for burial sites.
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Plot is just a fancy way of saying 'and then.
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I think situations are more important than plot and character.
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I want the plot to be as complicated as possible. Usually I'll write all the way through to an end, and then I go back and try to fix the ending so that it makes sense. I don't think out the plot ahead of time.
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But really, if you ask me, there is only one kid of plot. One. Stuff happens. That's it.
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What the devil does the plot signify, except to bring in fine things?
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God is the larger context and plot in which our stories find themselves.
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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.
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Spy plots are hard, really hard.
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There is no 'right' way to begin a novel, but for me, plot has to wait. The character comes first.
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My goal is to write books that are quality books with very real characters and a gripping plot.
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Blair liked to think of herself as a hopeless romantic in the style of old movie actresses like Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe. She was always coming up with plot devices for the movie she was starring in at the moment, the movie that was her life.
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Plots are ... what the writer sees with.
