There's almost always a point in a book where something happens that triggers the rest of the plot.
Jonathan Carroll
BookRestAlwaysPointWherePlot
The beginning of a plot is the prompting of desire.
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
BeginningDesirePlot
I never plot out my novels in terms of the tone of the book. Hopefully, once a story is begun it reveals itself.
Alice Hoffman
BookStoryNeverOutTonePlot
Many of my favorite films, if someone were to tell me simply what they're about, I probably wouldn't be that interested. Plot often has so little to do with what's at the heart of a film.
Shane Carruth
HeartMeSomeoneTellLittlePlot
I love the Shakespeare history plays; I love the struggle for the crown as a plot.
Mark Gatiss
LoveHistoryStruggleCrownPlot
The Carrie in the plot was too much like the Carrie in the book. She smoked, she swore a lot, she was very hard, very cynical. I could never have pulled it off.
Kristin Davis
BookToo MuchNeverSheHardPlot
I have a plot, but not much happens.
Howard Nemerov
HappensPlotMuch
You don't idea your way into a plot but plot your way into an idea.
Ethan Canin
YouWayIdeaYourPlot
I was so obsessed by Lisbeth Salander and all the characters, but of course if you're going to write a crime novel worthy of Stieg Larsson, you need a plot, don't you?
David Lagercrantz
YouCrimeWriteNeedWorthyPlot
Mohammed al-Qahtani was not alleged to be a leader of the Sept. 11 plot. He was not trained as a pilot. If he was involved, he was one of the 'muscle' hijackers.
Bill Dedman
LeaderPilotMuscleInvolvedPlot
Language description and metaphors seem readily available. The things I have to work harder at are plot, pacing, and form.
Sarah Hall
WorkLanguageThingsSeemPlotForm
In silent films, quite complex plots are built around action, setting, and the actors' gestures and facial expressions, with a very few storyboards to nail down specific plot points.
Laurie R. King
ActionDownSilentComplexPlot
Characters are incredibly important, but I tend to build them around the plot during the outline stage. However, once I'm writing the manuscript, the characters I'm writing dictate how the plot unfolds.
Aimee Carter
WritingImportantBuildStagePlot
From a plot perspective, what I finally found for my touchstone was that I consider 'Upside' to be a loose telling of Jane Austen's 'Emma,' or 'Clueless.'
Becky Albertalli
PerspectiveUpsideLooseFoundPlot
Every reality show plot pales in comparison to our history.
Rachel Skarsten
HistoryRealityComparisonShowPlot
It would not be amiss for the novice to write the last paragraph of his story first, once a synopsis of the plot has been carefully prepared - as it always should be.
H. P. Lovecraft
StoryWriteFirstAlwaysLastPlot
In 'Zombieland,' it was such a freewheeling plot it almost didn't matter what the characters were doing scene to scene as long as there was a consistent banter.
Jesse Eisenberg
DoingLongMatterConsistentPlot
With its vastly complicated plot and its immense cast of characters swirling around the case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce that has been grinding away in the Court of Chancery for decades, 'Bleak House' is, for many readers, Dickens's greatest novel.
Robert Gottlieb
HouseComplicatedGreatestBeenPlot
If you were to plot my success or failure, it goes, it very seldom stays on a high plateau.
Jeff Beck
SuccessFailureYouHighPlotGoes
I tend to favour films that have multiple plot and story lines, multiple characters and ensemble pieces.
Spike Lee
StoryPiecesLinesPlotCharacters
My temper manifests itself when I can't find something. I could swear that there is a plot against me to put kitchen utensils in the wrong drawers.
Tom Conti
MeKitchenFindWrongAgainstPlot
I tend not to know what the plot is or the story is or even the theme. Those things come later, for me.
Michael Ondaatje
MeStoryKnowThemeThingsPlot
The don't-ask-don't-tell approach to plot and character that 'The Hurt Locker' relies on to set itself in motion doesn't offend me politically. It offends me as a storyteller.
Jonathan Dee
CharacterMeHurtMotionSetPlot
Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will come in almost automatically because the characters are now pulling the story.
Chinua Achebe
StoryWorryKnowNowWillPlot
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