Quotes by Plot There are only so many plots in the world. It's how they unfold that makes them interesting. Lauren Beukes plot world interesting I hate the word juicy in describing anything: lips, plots, oranges. But especially novels. It feels - icky. Reminds me of saliva. Lauren Grodstein orange plot hate Also, as an author, character has always been what I'm most interested in - much more so than plot or setting, although those are good things too. Lauren Myracle plot good-things character I keep losing and regaining my equilibrium, which is the basic plot of all popular fiction. And I myself am a work of fiction. Kurt Vonnegut plot losing fiction I would love to travel to the future to plot out some things so there's no more guess work. Len Wiseman plot It's one of the most liberating things I experience in writing - letting yourself get rid of a gesture or character or plot point that always nagged, even if you couldn't admit to yourself that it did. Leslie Jamison plot writing character I get fed up with plots that are driven by someone constantly getting information on a computer. Liam Neeson computer information plot Crime fiction makes money. It may be harder for writers to get published, but crime is doing better than most of what we like to call CanLit. It's elementary, plot-driven, character-rich story-telling at its best. Linwood Barclay plot character fiction The rule for finding plots for character-centered novels, which is to ask: 'So what's the worst possible thing I can do to *this* guy?' And then do it. Lois McMaster Bujold plot guy character I have a catch-phrase to describe my plot-generation technique -- 'What's the worst possible thing I can do to these people?' Lois McMaster Bujold plot technique people Plots are for dead people. Lorrie Moore dead-people plot people Once somebody's aware of a plot, it's like a bone sticking out. If it breaks through the skin, it's very ugly. Louis Auchincloss break-through plot skins The general plot of life is sometimes shaped by the different ways genuine intelligence combines with equally genuine ignorance. Lucy Grealy plot different ignorance Government should work to insure the rights of the individual, not plot to take them away. Lyn Nofziger plot government rights Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power. Marcel Marceau opera plot destiny plot is character in action. Maren Elwood plot action character Plot is merely the mechanism by which your character is forced up against her deepest fears and desires. Margaret Bechard plot desire character A life without purpose is like a novel without a plot. It wanders all over the place, is hard to follow, and in the end, doesn't get particularly good reviews. Mardy Grothe plot purpose ends Don’t sit down in the middle of the woods. If you’re lost in the plot or blocked, retrace your steps to where you went wrong. Then take the other road. And/or change the person. Change the tense. Change the opening page. Margaret Atwood woods plot pages If our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right. Marcus Tullius Cicero plot violence enemy «89101112131415161718»
