Quotes by Plot The older I get and the more fiction I write, the more I outline, the more I think about plot before I dive in and plunge too far. Dave Barry plot writing thinking Living "in" a story, being part of a narrative, is much more satisfying than living without one. I don't always know what narrative it is, because I'm living my life and not always reflecting on it, but as I edit these pages I am aware that I have an urge to see my sometimes random wandering as having a plot, a purpose guided by some underlying story. David Byrne plot purpose stories Compelling characters are not cogs in the machine of your plot; they are human beings to whom the story happens. David Corbett cogs plot character Becoming an actor made me way more interested in plot. David Duchovny plot actors way Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a completely ad hoc plot device. David Langford mercenary plot technology Here's the plot of 'Interstellar.' Refugees - they're known as Democrats - they're looking for a new planet. David Letterman democrat planets plot Any claim to actual identification as a drama must rest upon the construction of a plot independent of the assignment of affliction to the protagonist. David Mamet independent plot drama It's hard to write a good plot, it's very hard. David Mamet hard plot writing The absence of plot leaves the reader room to think about other things. David Shields plot rooms thinking With relatively few exceptions, the novel sacrifices too much, for me, on the altar of plot. David Shields sacrifice plot too-much Resolution and conclusion are inherent in a plot-driven narrative. David Shields resolution narrative plot I was attempting to write the story of my life. It wasn't so much about plot. It was much more about character. David Levithan plot writing character Enjoy the present, plot the progress, you'll still reach the goal Debra Searle progress plot goal Time is the metre, memory the only plot. Derek Walcott plot time memories I don't plot the books out ahead of time, I don't plan them. I don't begin at the beginning and end at the end. I don't work with an outline and I don't work in a straight line. Diana Gabaldon beginnings-and-ends plot book No enunciation of the Truth will ever be complete, no method of training will ever be suitable for all temperaments, no one can do more than mark out the little plot of infinity which he intends to cultivate, and thrust in the spade, trusting that the soil may eventually be fruitful and free from weeds so far as the bounds he has set himself extend. Dion Fortune training weed plot The dominant metaphor of conceptual relativism, that of differing points of view, seems to betray an underlying paradox. Differentpoints of view make sense, but only if there is a common co-ordinate system on which to plot them; yet the existence of a common system belies the claim of dramatic incomparability. Donald Davidson plot views common Plot a murder, you're saying. But every plot is a murder in effect. To plot is to die, whether we know it or not. Don DeLillo effects murder plot All plots tend to move deathward. This is the nature of plots. Don DeLillo plot moving I don't care how good a song is. If it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will reject it. Dorothy Fields plot writing song «1234567891011»
