“When asked about rewriting, Ernest Hemingway said that he rewrote the ending to A Farewell to Arms thirty-nine times before he was… — Susan M. Tiberghien Copy Share Image
I'm not someone who comes onstage and says, 'I'm rewriting this now.' I don't think it's fair to the writers or the… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
So much of the effort that goes into writing prose for me is about making sentences that capture the music that I'm… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
I do first draft in longhand, which saves a lot of rewriting. I try to get a certain amount done each day.… — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
Rewriting isn't just about dialogue, it's the order of the scenes, how you finish a scene, how you get into a scene.… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Living here in California, I think one of the scariest things about California is the fact that it is rewriting its script… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
I think I was also afraid of the novel. I write line by line, proceeding at snail's pace, rewriting as I go… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
Once I get over maybe a hundred pages, I won't go back to page one, but I might go back to page… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
I rewrote the ending of 'Farewell to Arms' 39 times before I was satisfied. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I do not set specific work hours as some writers do. I generally stay with a chapter until I am satisfied, do… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
More than a half, maybe as much as two-thirds of my life as a writer is rewriting. I wouldn't say I have… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I don't write easily or rapidly. My first draft usually has only a few elements worth keeping. I have to find what… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“When I asked Sam Shillace, who ran Gmail and Google Apps for four years, about the costliest mistake he's seen engineers make,… — Edmond Lau Copy Share Image
Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn’t work, throw it away. — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
When rewriting, move quickly. It's a little like cutting your own hair. — Robert Stone Copy Share Image
Perhaps adding a line or two of dialogue to try to better capture an emotion. But I've found that if the story… — Mary J. Miller Copy Share Image
I get ill when I'm writing because I'm so focused on it, and it can take a year or two. Often, I… — Eran Creevy Copy Share Image
By the time I am nearing the end of a story, the first part will have been reread and altered and corrected… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
“I do so much writing. But so much of it never goes anywhere, never sees any light of day. I suppose that's… — J.R. Tompkins Copy Share Image
Life is like a typographical error: we're constantly writing and rewriting things over each other. — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
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