163 Quotes About Plot

The author always loads his dice, but he must never let the reader see that he has done so, and by the manipulation of his plot, he can engage the reader's attention so that he does not perceive the violence that has been done to him.

God is the larger context and plot in which our stories find themselves.

A good novel is an indivisible sum; every scene, sequence and passage of a good novel has to involve, contribute to and advance all three of its major attributes: theme, plot, characterization.

The cliches are that it's the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.

We can't even plot it on a map.

The more subtle and elegant you are in hiding your plot points, the better you are as a writer.

They were intercepted before the plot could reach fruition.

Plots are ... what the writer sees with.

I would love to travel to the future to plot out some things so there's no more guess work.