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I wrote the first draft of my first novel at Michigan, and then I wrote the first draft of ‘Salvage the Bones’ at Stanford. So I workshopped the entire thing Picture Quote #1

I tend to write first drafts that are incredibly cognitive, very rational, very boring. They come off as justification. Like, ‘This is my idea and here’s all the reasons that it’s right.’ It doesn’t make for very compelling reading Picture Quote #1

Elizabeth Hardwick told me once that all her first drafts sounded as if a chicken had written them. So do mine for the most part Picture Quote #1

Write with abandon and no constraints for first draft. Cut brutally and save in separate files on second draft. Add conflict; don’t be afraid to make your characters suffer. Read what you love. Write what you love. Love Picture Quote #1

I’ve always preferred writing in longhand. I’ve always written first drafts in longhand Picture Quote #1

Good first drafts and speedy responses to consumer dialog will always trump lawyered corporate speak Picture Quote #1

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I prefer to write first drafts as soon as possible after waking, so that the oneiric inscape is still present to me Picture Quote #1

You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone Picture Quote #1

First drafts are for learning what your story is about Picture Quote #1

We are all continually embarking on first drafts, in every aspect of our lives Picture Quote #1

Somewhere I put it this way: first drafts are for learning what one’s fiction wants him to say. Revision works with that knowledge to enlarge and enhance an idea, to reform it. Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing 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

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You have to get something down, and then find ways of working in complexity and different layers of meaning... My first drafts are usually the ravings of a delusional fantasist Picture Quote #1

I’ve always preferred writing in longhand. I’ve always written first drafts in longhand Picture Quote #1

If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone Picture Quote #1

The bottom line is that I like my first drafts to be blind, unconscious, messy efforts; that’s what gets me the best material Picture Quote #1

I am violently untidy. My desk is overcrowded. I write my first drafts in longhand in a long notebook using a plastic throwaway fountain pen. Then I work on a word processor using a different desk and a different room Picture Quote #1

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I wrote the first draft of my first novel at Michigan, and then I wrote the first draft of ‘Salvage the Bones’ at Stanford. So I workshopped the entire thing (First Drafts Quotes) I tend to write first drafts that are incredibly cognitive, very rational, very boring. They come off as justification. Like, ‘This is my idea and here’s all the reasons that it’s right.’ It doesn’t make for very compelling reading (First Drafts Quotes) Elizabeth Hardwick told me once that all her first drafts sounded as if a chicken had written them. So do mine for the most part (First Drafts Quotes) Write with abandon and no constraints for first draft. Cut brutally and save in separate files on second draft. Add conflict; don’t be afraid to make your characters suffer. Read what you love. Write what you love. Love. (First Drafts Quotes) I’ve always preferred writing in longhand. I’ve always written first drafts in longhand. (First Drafts Quotes) Good first drafts and speedy responses to consumer dialog will always trump lawyered corporate speak. (First Drafts Quotes) I prefer to write first drafts as soon as possible after waking, so that the oneiric inscape is still present to me. (First Drafts Quotes) You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone (First Drafts Quotes) First drafts are for learning what your story is about (First Drafts Quotes) We are all continually embarking on first drafts, in every aspect of our lives (First Drafts Quotes) Somewhere I put it this way: first drafts are for learning what one’s fiction wants him to say. Revision works with that knowledge to enlarge and enhance an idea, to reform it. Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing (First Drafts 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 (First Drafts Quotes) You have to get something down, and then find ways of working in complexity and different layers of meaning... My first drafts are usually the ravings of a delusional fantasist (First Drafts Quotes) I’ve always preferred writing in longhand. I’ve always written first drafts in longhand (First Drafts Quotes) If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone (First Drafts Quotes) The bottom line is that I like my first drafts to be blind, unconscious, messy efforts; that’s what gets me the best material (First Drafts Quotes) I am violently untidy. My desk is overcrowded. I write my first drafts in longhand in a long notebook using a plastic throwaway fountain pen. Then I work on a word processor using a different desk and a different room (First Drafts Quotes)

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