Denise Mina

I'm not much of a plotter. I start off with an inciting incident, and in classic crime fiction what happens is that all the action flows from that incident. It's very comfy when it all ties up and feels like a complete universe, but my stuff doesn't always work that way.

Scottish Writer

Donna Leon

I admire Dickens beyond words. He is one of the greatest plotters of all times. Didn't have a clue about women, but he sure could plot.

American Author

Rebecca Serle

Seriously, I am a terrible plotter when it comes to my novels. Terrible. I love to kind of feel my way into a book.

American Writer

The term suggests deceit and can imply negative judgment about the person being described.

Negative Connotation

Often used to describe someone creating a plan that is either unlawful or morally wrong.

Criminal Undertones

Implies secretive behavior, with an element of surprise or betrayal intended.

Associated with Secrecy

Used specifically to describe a machine that produces physical, large-scale images, not digital ones.

Specific Device

Plotters are known for accuracy, crucial for technical drawings like maps or engineering plans.

Precision Required

Most commonly found in professional settings, like architecture, engineering, or construction.

Professional Use

Highlights the creative process of devising the storyline in a narrative work.

Creative Role

This person's contribution is crucial for the development of the central story or theme in literature or drama.

Central to Story

 It's completely mechanical, again, a printer. It prints just numbers, because he was obsessed with numbers, but it does print onto paper, and it even does word wrapping, so if you get to the end of the line, it goes around like that. You also need graphics, right? I mean, if you're going to do anything with graphics, so he said, "Well, I need a plotter. I've got a big piece of paper

John Graham-Cumming: The...

 and even does word wrapping so to get to underline it goes round like that and you also need graphics right I mean if you going to do anything with graphics so he said well I need a plotter I got a big piece of paper an ink pen and I'll make it plot so he designed a plotter as well and and you know at that point I

The greatest machine...

 electronics my home station autopilot temperature gauge it's my favorite plotter he's my daughter Paloma she's a reason why I'm out here every day this is my bottle machines I got to buy machines this is for deep water this was for not so deep water my radar