Structured Planning Quotes

I'm one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and sticking to them. I'm very good at doing that, but I don't like it. It sort of takes a lot of the fun out.

Remember, the goal of structured futures thinking is to come up with a picture of possible futures that will help to inform strategic decisions.

There's something about the schedule of working in TV that's attractive. You know exactly what the next six months is going to be like: You'll work Monday through Friday and have the weekends off, and then there's going to be a hiatus here, so you can kind of plan a little bit.

I do better with routines and predictability. I don't react well when there's a sudden change in the schedule.

If you do outline, you have to be aware of the problems that that kind of thing can cause.

Every successful sports season I had included detailed daily itineraries. We received one in the morning and one before practice, and they set us up to win.

The majority of the filmmaking process is in pre-production. The more you've planned out the more freedom there is on set to find new stuff, to play around, find new jokes and let the actors kind of breathe - but it needs to come from a place where it's completely structured.

I have schedules that separate everything.

She would smile and show no surprise, convinced as she was, the same as I, that casual meetings are apt to be just the opposite, and that people who make dates are the same kind who need lines on their writing paper, or who always squeeze up from the bottom on a tube of toothpaste.

I don't believe in a chronological way of doing things.