Len Wein Quotes

Plot is what happens in your story. Every story needs structure, just as every body needs a skeleton. It is how you 'flesh out and clothe' your structure that makes each story unique.

You can't write just anything. Your story needs structure.

The only thing I knew about novels from a technical point of view was that they should have conflict.

I believe that, in any novel of mine, the principal objective is the construction of the whole.

I began to be impressed by what made a good book-how you needed to have a sensible story, a plot that developed, with a beginning, a middle, and an end that would tie everything together.

I always think plot is what you fall back on if you can't write, to keep things going.

I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.

Listen to great storytellers; slowly, you will learn about voice, timing, tension, structure, climax - all the things you need to tell stories that will capture the imagination of your audience.

I want to tell a story and shape it all the way through to the end.

I love a really good storyline.

I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one.

A story really isn't truly a story until it reaches its climax and conclusion.

If you're gonna start a story, you start from the beginning, right?

A story is built on characters and reasons.

The point about a great story is that it's got a beginning, a middle and end.

The writing is only ever the attractive thing about a part. And also if all the elements within the writing come together - the character and the structure and the narrative - if they are all there then you become excited.

Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story.

Judgments and secrets are what make a good novel.

Storytelling is about two things; it's about character and plot.

A short story is something that you can hold in your mind. You can really analyze how the entire thing works, like a machine.

An attempt to write nothing but characterization will soon bog down; I for one don't want to have somebody tell me about someone else.

All the writing elements are the same. You need to tell a good story... You've got good characters... People think there's some dramatic difference between writing 'Little Bear' and the 'Hunger Games,' and as a writer, for me, there isn't.

I write both fiction and nonfiction. I begin my fiction with the main character. The story comes later.

Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.

It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.