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It's hard to write a good play because it's hard to structure a plot. If you can think of it off the top of your head, so can the audience.

I feel like I know how to write plot.

In order to have a plot, you have to have a conflict, something bad has to happen.

I've always thought that writing isn't really that hard. It's having a good idea that's hard.

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

I'm one of the lucky writers: plots come easily to me.

It's hard writing screenplays.

I don't think I'm a natural novelist. Plot is definitely one of my weaker points. I've been working on it a long time, and it's not getting much better.

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.