Quotes About Plot

I urge you to be teachers so that you can join with children as the co-collaborators in a plot to build a little place of ecstasy and poetry and gentle joy

And then, as if written by the hand of a bad novelist, an incredible thing happened.

three young men doing nothing began to look suspicious, and eventually they came to the attention of the local police intendant, who, figuring he had stumbled upon some sort of plot—and right under his nose too—brought the scamps to the attention of the secretary to the Council of State, the Abbé de Lageard, who was officially in charge when the archbishop was traveling.

Before what?" Quiet Rain cut her off. Her old ears were as sharp as Thunder's. "Who's out there, planning my death?

Was this Tigerstar's new way to shake up the Clans? If so, what was his ultimate goal—and how would it affect RiverClan?

People, I want to tell you Just how your friend will do They will wait to get your secret And dig a pit for you

A-B-D-C-E structure of a story, an acronym for Action-Background-Development-Conflict-Ending.

Sometimes shows get into their 5th and 6th season and you're like, where can you go? But 'Dexter' is still so strong, it's really refreshing.

The screenplay has to be gripping. That's when the film will work. Then, I see how much I can relate to the character I'm playing.

As much as most of the actors were kind of curious to know what their character meant in relation to the script and to the plot, they really were quite happy to be part of the adventure of not knowing.

I like dramas because there's a big overlap between film and fiction, so I feel relatively qualified to talk about plot and characterisation and that sort of thing.

I was doing 'Homeland' and read the first two episodes, and all I wanted was episode three to know what would happen next.

A really good horror film has a story.

Something bad was about to happen. My wife was being clever again.

Ah, the smell of mystery and dark doings, of skulduggery and revenge. The meat of a good tale.

There is no vengeance as terrible as the vengeance a coward plots in the dark of his heart.

Sexual revelation in literature, must be tactful and must serve plot

One must take care that one's life does not begin to resemble the plot of a novel.

One must take care that one's life does not begin to resemble the plot of a novel.

Crime is one of the leads of the show. If there's ever anything that deals with a character's personal life, you don't have to worry about it getting too crazy. People don't have to worry about character arcs. Each episode is a self-contained unit.

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.

A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia.

I just reached the point where plot-driven novels don't hold my interest because I don't care about the fate of characters anymore - whether Emily marries Tom or not, that kind of thing.

I have no plans for a future Jemima Shore mystery, but would write one tomorrow if a good idea came to me.