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None of us knew what this power plant looked like. We had no schematic drawing.
William Scranton
Plant
Power
Drawing
Schematic
Had
Knew
Power Plant
Like
Looked
None
Us
Arthur Young's Reflexive Universe - fascinating but too schematic to fit into my scheme. The most I could hope for was a sense of the vocabulary and some possible images.
James Merrill
Hope
Young
Sense
Universe
Too
Possible
Some
Vocabulary
Could
Schematic
Scheme
Most
Fit
Arthur
Fascinating
Images
I try to begin with a strong grasp of my characters. Even if it's schematic, I need it clear in my head who these people are.
Maria Semple
People
Strong
Try
Characters
Schematic
Clear
Head
Begin
Who
Grasp
Even
Need
So in the first draft, I'm inventing people and place with a broad schematic idea of what's going to happen. In the process, of course, I discover all sorts of bigger and more substantial things.
Peter Carey
People
First
Broad
Inventing
More
Schematic
Idea
Sort
Course
Discover
Going
Substantial
Happen
Bigger
Process
Place
Things
Draft
Japanese maps tend to come in two varieties: small, schematic, and bewildering; and large, fantastically detailed, and bewildering.
Charles C. Mann
Detailed
Small
Tend
Schematic
Bewildering
Come
Japanese
Large
Maps
Two