“I never know what's going to happen in a novel. I don't have a plan or an outline.” KnowsHappensNovelPlansOutlines Author:Donna Leon
“I don't see how anybody starts a novel without knowing how it's going to end. I usually make detailed outlines: how many chapters it will be and so forth.” EndsNovelKnowingChaptersOutlines Author:John Barth
“I always begin [a novel] with outlines, but they change and so do my endings and beginnings.” NovelOutlines Author:Sefi Atta
“The term "bend sinister" means a heraldic bar or band drawn from the left side (and popularly, but incorrectly, supposed to denote bastardy). This choice of title was an attempt to suggest an outline broken by refraction, a distortion in the mirror of being, a wrong turn taken by life, a sinistral and sinister world. The title's drawback is that a solemn reader looking for "general ideas" or "human interest" (which is much the same thing) in a novel may be led to look for them in this one.” WorldHumansLooksMayMeanIdeasTurnsChoicesLeftSidesTermInterestNovelTakenBrokenReaderBandMirrorsBarsTitlesSolemnOutlinesDistortionSinisterDrawbacksWrong Turn Author:Vladimir Nabokov
“When you get ready to write your novel, outline it first. There's nothing worse than getting halfway through and realizing you've painted yourself in a plot corner.” WritingFirstsRealizingNovelReadyCornersPlotHalfwayOutlines Author:Janet Evanovich