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Plotting is difficult for me, and always has been. I do that before I actually start writing, but I always do characters, and the arc of the story, first... You can't do anything without a story arc. Where is it going to begin, where will it end.

I hate plots.

You don't idea your way into a plot but plot your way into an idea.

I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of plot in my films - although I think they do have plots - but the plot is not of primary importance to me, the characters are.

Essentially and most simply put, plot is what the characters do to deal with the situation they are in. It is a logical sequence of events that grow from an initial incident that alters the status quo of the characters.

I really don't care about plot. I really, really don't.

I tend not to know what the plot is or the story is or even the theme. Those things come later, for me.

I'm always writing about character first. Plot, such as it is, comes from the characters.

I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write.

I feel like I know how to write plot.