“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 had two projects that fell apart during preproduction. The first one was this movie that Judd Apatow and I had written about two guys following the Rolling Stones. It was going to be half concert film, half pseudo-documentary. It was Mick Jagger's idea.The other one was Simple Plan, based on a novel by Scott Smith. It's a great book - really stark, not a comedy - about a guy who finds $4 million in a plane crash and decides to keep it.” FirstsTwoBookIdeasFilmGuySimpleHalfMillionsNovelComedyPlansWrittenProjectsStonesFollowingPlanesConcertsCrashRollingDocumentariesStarksRolling StonesGreat BookPseudoTwo GuysJaggerPlane CrashesSimple Plan Author:Ben Stiller
“What's the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I'm more than happy writing what I do and have no plans to change that.” PeopleWritingLiteratureChallengesNovelPlans Author:Nicholas Sparks
“In terms of a "career," I never have long-term plans, and certainly don't want to spend several years, say, writing a "long" novel.” WantWritingYearsLongTermCareersNovelPlansLong Term Author:Scott Bradfield
“I work very deliberately, with a plan. But sometimes I come to a point that I planned as the end and it needs softening. Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep - it can't be done abruptly.” NeedsChildrenEndsSometimesDoneSleepNovelPlans Author:Colm Toibin
“In writing, I'm totally anti-plans of any kind. All my attempts to plan and plot novels have come to grief, and in expensive ways.” WayWritingKindGriefNovelPlansExpensivePlot Author:Peter Temple
“Plot comes first. The plot is the archictecture of your novel. You wouldn't build a house without a plan. If I wrote without a plot, it would just be a pile of bricks. Characters are your servants. They must serve your plot.” IfsFirstsCharacterHouseNovelPlansServantPlotBricks Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“Writing a novel is like heading out over the open sea in a small boat. It helps, if you have a plan and a course laid out.” IfsWritingHelpingCoursesNovelPlansSeaBoatHeadingsFiction WritingWriters And WritingWriting FictionWriting By Writers Author:John Gardner
“I'm a relatively disciplined writer who composes the whole book before beginning to execute and write it. Of course, you can't hold - you cannot imagine a whole novel before you write it; there are limits to human memory and imagination. Lots of things come to your mind as you write a book, but again, I make a plan, chapter, know the plot.” KnowsWritingMindHumansBookWholeCoursesImaginationMemoriesNovelImaginePlansLimitsPlotChapters Author:Orhan Pamuk
“When I write my novels I don't really have a huge plan beforehand; I don't have the whole plot and architecture, so the story is sort of discovered as I write it.” WritingWholeStoriesNovelPlansHugeArchitecturePlot Author:Michael Ondaatje
“A form wherein we can enjoy simultaneously what is best in both the novel and the short story form. My plan was to create a book that affords readers some of the novel's long-form pleasures but that also contains the short story's ability to capture what is so difficult about being human - the brevity of our moments, their cruel irrevocability.” HumansLongBookMomentsStoriesFormEnjoyDifficultAbilityPleasureNovelPlansReaderCaptureShort StoryBeing HumanBrevity Author:Junot Diaz
“I have no plans to use the Internet as the main subject of a novel.” UseNovelPlansSubjectsInternet Author:Nelson DeMille
“The reviews on it, and the new novel, Honky Tonk Samurai have been awesome, though I'm of the school if you believe the good ones you got to believe the bad ones, it's been mostly good ones. The previewers seem to be very happy and excited about it. I know I am. There are plans to continue if it does well.” IfsKnowsBelieveWellsDoeHas BeensSeemsSchoolNovelPlansExcitedReviewsVery HappyIf You BelieveSamuraiTonks Author:Joe R. Lansdale