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Hardest thing: creating something out of nothing - the first draft is torturous Picture Quote #1

I always write on unlined typing paper and write the first draft in longhand, using cheap Bic pens. I try to write about four pages a day, which usually yields a first draft in six months. I don’t plot ahead of time, so I’m flying by the seat of my pants for the first draft Picture Quote #1

I generally write a first draft that’s pretty lean. Just get the story down Picture Quote #1

Every published writer suffers through that first draft because most of the time, that’s a disappointment Picture Quote #1

The first draft often is really fast, and I’d be terribly ashamed if anybody ever saw it Picture Quote #1

City of Bohane’ has been optioned for film, and I’ve finished a first draft of the script Picture Quote #1

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I write until the first draft is finished, and then I feel that I can get out. But, during the time of the writing of the first draft, I don’t go out. I’m just locked away, writing. It’s a time of meditation, of going into the story 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

A writer must have all the confidence in the world when writing the first draft and none whatsoever when editing subsequent drafts Picture Quote #1

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

I write with a fountain pen. And then revise word by word and line by line so that the first draft of a scene is usually the tenth or so draft 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

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Keep in mind our Constitution predates the Industrial Revolution. Our founders did not know about electricity, the train, telephones, radio, television, automobiles, airplanes, rockets, nuclear weapons, satellites, or space exploration. There’s a lot they didn’t know about. It would be interesting to see what kind of document they’d draft today. Just keeping it frozen in time won’t hack it Picture Quote #1

The purpose of the first draft is not to get it right, but to get it written Picture Quote #1

When I’m writing the first draft, I’m writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper Picture Quote #1

To my parents and all the people who reassured me that leaving high school and going into the draft was the right thing to do, I am forever thankful Picture Quote #1

This beer is good for you. This is draft beer. Stick with the beer. Let’s go and beat this guy up and come back and drink some more beer Picture Quote #1

If I wanted to be Rimbaud, what was I doing in graduate school? Trying to stay out of the army, of course. Graduate study gave me a draft deferment. But I also knew I lacked erudition and polish and was often sunk in forlorn reveries Picture Quote #1

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The requests for blurbs seem to come in waves. I’m not sure what precipitates them. I think it must be excruciating for editors to draft those elaborate letters asking for a blurb, and I know it’s torturous for us writers to ask directly. But publishers encourage us to. Rock and a hard place Picture Quote #1

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Hardest thing: creating something out of nothing - the first draft is torturous (Draft Quotes) I always write on unlined typing paper and write the first draft in longhand, using cheap Bic pens. I try to write about four pages a day, which usually yields a first draft in six months. I don’t plot ahead of time, so I’m flying by the seat of my pants for the first draft. (Draft Quotes) I generally write a first draft that’s pretty lean. Just get the story down. (Draft Quotes) Every published writer suffers through that first draft because most of the time, that’s a disappointment. (Draft Quotes) The first draft often is really fast, and I’d be terribly ashamed if anybody ever saw it (Draft Quotes) City of Bohane’ has been optioned for film, and I’ve finished a first draft of the script (Draft Quotes) I write until the first draft is finished, and then I feel that I can get out. But, during the time of the writing of the first draft, I don’t go out. I’m just locked away, writing. It’s a time of meditation, of going into the story. (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) A writer must have all the confidence in the world when writing the first draft and none whatsoever when editing subsequent drafts. (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) I write with a fountain pen. And then revise word by word and line by line so that the first draft of a scene is usually the tenth or so draft. (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) Keep in mind our Constitution predates the Industrial Revolution. Our founders did not know about electricity, the train, telephones, radio, television, automobiles, airplanes, rockets, nuclear weapons, satellites, or space exploration. There’s a lot they didn’t know about. It would be interesting to see what kind of document they’d draft today. Just keeping it frozen in time won’t hack it. (Draft Quotes) The purpose of the first draft is not to get it right, but to get it written (Draft Quotes) When I’m writing the first draft, I’m writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper. (Draft Quotes) To my parents and all the people who reassured me that leaving high school and going into the draft was the right thing to do, I am forever thankful. (Draft Quotes) This beer is good for you. This is draft beer. Stick with the beer. Let’s go and beat this guy up and come back and drink some more beer. (Draft Quotes) If I wanted to be Rimbaud, what was I doing in graduate school? Trying to stay out of the army, of course. Graduate study gave me a draft deferment. But I also knew I lacked erudition and polish and was often sunk in forlorn reveries. (Draft Quotes) The requests for blurbs seem to come in waves. I’m not sure what precipitates them. I think it must be excruciating for editors to draft those elaborate letters asking for a blurb, and I know it’s torturous for us writers to ask directly. But publishers encourage us to. Rock and a hard place. (Draft Quotes)

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