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Draft Quotes

Because your goal is a complete rough draft of a novel, and every rough draft, by being complete, is perfect Picture Quote #1

Yes, the first draft is the key. That’s why I put so much energy, focus, and attention on the first draft, because I respect that first go at the story. If I don’t have the key in that first draft, I invariably won’t get it in subsequent drafts, though I can craft around it Picture Quote #1

Our mission is to speak the truth to power. We send home that first rough draft of history. We can and do make a difference in exposing the horrors of war and especially the atrocities that befall civilians Picture Quote #1

Oh! my friend, when you feel bursting on your lips the vow of eternal love, do not be afraid to yield, but do not confound wine with intoxication; do not think the cup divine because the draft is of celestial flavor; do not be astonished to find it broken and empty in the evening Picture Quote #1

This is all you have to do. Sit down once a day to the novel and start working without internal criticism, without debilitating expectations, without the need to look at your words as if they were already printed and bound. The beginning is only a draft. Drafts are imperfect by definition Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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The first draft of everything, I write longhand. One of the nice things about that is that it makes you keep going. If you write a bad sentence on the computer, then it’s very tempting to go back and fidget with it and spend another 20 minutes trying to make it into a good sentence Picture Quote #1

Each of my books took roughly one and a half years to write. Some may have taken a shorter time to write the draft and a longer time to revise, while others were the opposite Picture Quote #1

After finishing a draft, no matter how rough, I almost always put it aside for a while. It doesn’t matter if it’s a story or a novel, I find that when it’s still fresh in my mind I’m either thoroughly sick of its flaws or completely blind to them. Either way, I’m unable to make substantive edits of any value Picture Quote #1

I hate first drafts, and it never gets easier. People always wonder what kind of superhero power they’d like to have. I wanted the ability for someone to just open up my brain and take out the entire first draft and lay it down in front of me so I can just focus on the second, third and fourth drafts Picture Quote #1

During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city Picture Quote #1

Rewriting is the essence of writing well: it’s where the game is won or lost. The idea is hard to accept. We all have emotional equity in our first draft; we can’t believe that it wasn’t born perfect. But the odds are close to 100 percent that it wasn’t Picture Quote #1

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It’s one of the things writing students don’t understand. They write a first draft and are quite disappointed, or often should be disappointed. They don’t understand that they have merely begun, and that they may be merely beginning even in the second or third draft Picture Quote #1

Never be satisfied with a first draft. In fact, never be satisfied with your own stuff at all, until you’re certain it’s as good as your finite powers can enable it to be Picture Quote #1

Not until the final draft do I force myself to remember that I’m going to have to think about how it will affect other people Picture Quote #1

Listen. Look. Desire is a house. Desire needs closed space. Desire runs out of doors or windows, or slats or pinpricks, it can’t fit under the sky, too large. Close the doors. Close the windows. As soon as you laugh from nerves or make a joke or say something just to say something or get all involved with the bushes, then you blow open a window in your house of desire and it can’t heat up as well. Cold draft comes in Picture Quote #1

I tend to write things seven times before I show them to my editor. I write them seven times, then I take them on tour, read them like a dozen times on tour, then go back to the room and rewrite, read and rewrite... I would never show him a first draft, because then he’s really going to be sick of it by the twelfth draft Picture Quote #1

I’m against the draft. I believe we should have a professional military; it might be smaller, but it would be more effective Picture Quote #1

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I think I realized very early on that you can spend a lot of time constructing a really perfect scene in final draft and just end up throwing it away because you didn’t figure out that mathematics of the story first Picture Quote #1

I’ve never been able to do just one draft. That seems a wonderful thing. Do you know anyone who can? Picture Quote #1

The first draft is the child’s draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place, knowing that no one is going to see it and that you can shape it later Picture Quote #1

When only men could register to vote, we required only men to register for the draft. Today both sexes can vote, but only men must register for the draft Picture Quote #1

I never reread a text until I have finished the first draft. Otherwise it’s too discouraging Picture Quote #1

You know a shooter when you see it. At least the creative people do. If a picture isn’t obvious in the first draft you’re kind of screwed Picture Quote #1

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Tell a thousand people to draft a letter, let them debate every phrase, and see how long it takes and what you get Picture Quote #1

Money... is only important when you have none; and though it may not be everything, it goes a very long way towards blocking up the winter draft of age Picture Quote #1

Whether I’m writing the script, or someone else writes the initial draft, I’m always an actor’s director first. I always try to listen to them a lot, and try to put their voices into their character Picture Quote #1

I’ve always equated the writing process with editing, sort of like when I get through editing the movie, that’s like my last draft of the screenplay Picture Quote #1

A violent act pierces the atmosphere, leaving a hole through which the cold, damp draft of its memory blows forever Picture Quote #1

Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, don’t be precious about your first draft, it’s an architectural blueprint to a whole building, be your own worst critic, confront your weakness and remember it’s a craft Picture Quote #1

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Because your goal is a complete rough draft of a novel, and every rough draft, by being complete, is perfect (Draft Quotes) Yes, the first draft is the key. That’s why I put so much energy, focus, and attention on the first draft, because I respect that first go at the story. If I don’t have the key in that first draft, I invariably won’t get it in subsequent drafts, though I can craft around it (Draft Quotes) Our mission is to speak the truth to power. We send home that first rough draft of history. We can and do make a difference in exposing the horrors of war and especially the atrocities that befall civilians (Draft Quotes) Oh! my friend, when you feel bursting on your lips the vow of eternal love, do not be afraid to yield, but do not confound wine with intoxication; do not think the cup divine because the draft is of celestial flavor; do not be astonished to find it broken and empty in the evening (Draft Quotes) This is all you have to do. Sit down once a day to the novel and start working without internal criticism, without debilitating expectations, without the need to look at your words as if they were already printed and bound. The beginning is only a draft. Drafts are imperfect by definition (Draft Quotes) 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 (Draft Quotes) The first draft of everything, I write longhand. One of the nice things about that is that it makes you keep going. If you write a bad sentence on the computer, then it’s very tempting to go back and fidget with it and spend another 20 minutes trying to make it into a good sentence (Draft Quotes) Each of my books took roughly one and a half years to write. Some may have taken a shorter time to write the draft and a longer time to revise, while others were the opposite (Draft Quotes) After finishing a draft, no matter how rough, I almost always put it aside for a while. It doesn’t matter if it’s a story or a novel, I find that when it’s still fresh in my mind I’m either thoroughly sick of its flaws or completely blind to them. Either way, I’m unable to make substantive edits of any value (Draft Quotes) I hate first drafts, and it never gets easier. People always wonder what kind of superhero power they’d like to have. I wanted the ability for someone to just open up my brain and take out the entire first draft and lay it down in front of me so I can just focus on the second, third and fourth drafts (Draft Quotes) During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city (Draft Quotes) Rewriting is the essence of writing well: it’s where the game is won or lost. The idea is hard to accept. We all have emotional equity in our first draft; we can’t believe that it wasn’t born perfect. But the odds are close to 100 percent that it wasn’t (Draft Quotes) It’s one of the things writing students don’t understand. They write a first draft and are quite disappointed, or often should be disappointed. They don’t understand that they have merely begun, and that they may be merely beginning even in the second or third draft (Draft Quotes) Never be satisfied with a first draft. In fact, never be satisfied with your own stuff at all, until you’re certain it’s as good as your finite powers can enable it to be (Draft Quotes) Not until the final draft do I force myself to remember that I’m going to have to think about how it will affect other people (Draft Quotes) Listen. Look. Desire is a house. Desire needs closed space. Desire runs out of doors or windows, or slats or pinpricks, it can’t fit under the sky, too large. Close the doors. Close the windows. As soon as you laugh from nerves or make a joke or say something just to say something or get all involved with the bushes, then you blow open a window in your house of desire and it can’t heat up as well. Cold draft comes in (Draft Quotes) I tend to write things seven times before I show them to my editor. I write them seven times, then I take them on tour, read them like a dozen times on tour, then go back to the room and rewrite, read and rewrite... I would never show him a first draft, because then he’s really going to be sick of it by the twelfth draft (Draft Quotes) I’m against the draft. I believe we should have a professional military; it might be smaller, but it would be more effective (Draft Quotes) I think I realized very early on that you can spend a lot of time constructing a really perfect scene in final draft and just end up throwing it away because you didn’t figure out that mathematics of the story first (Draft Quotes) I’ve never been able to do just one draft. That seems a wonderful thing. Do you know anyone who can? (Draft Quotes) The first draft is the child’s draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place, knowing that no one is going to see it and that you can shape it later (Draft Quotes) When only men could register to vote, we required only men to register for the draft. Today both sexes can vote, but only men must register for the draft (Draft Quotes) I never reread a text until I have finished the first draft. Otherwise it’s too discouraging (Draft Quotes) You know a shooter when you see it. At least the creative people do. If a picture isn’t obvious in the first draft you’re kind of screwed (Draft Quotes) Tell a thousand people to draft a letter, let them debate every phrase, and see how long it takes and what you get (Draft Quotes) Money... is only important when you have none; and though it may not be everything, it goes a very long way towards blocking up the winter draft of age (Draft Quotes) Whether I’m writing the script, or someone else writes the initial draft, I’m always an actor’s director first. I always try to listen to them a lot, and try to put their voices into their character (Draft Quotes) I’ve always equated the writing process with editing, sort of like when I get through editing the movie, that’s like my last draft of the screenplay (Draft Quotes) A violent act pierces the atmosphere, leaving a hole through which the cold, damp draft of its memory blows forever (Draft Quotes) Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, don’t be precious about your first draft, it’s an architectural blueprint to a whole building, be your own worst critic, confront your weakness and remember it’s a craft (Draft Quotes)

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