--- title: "1 Second Draft Quotes By Carolyn See" description: "1 Second Draft quotes by Carolyn See. Plus more from Carolyn See and more Second Draft sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/carolyn-see-31441_art_i-don-t-think-you-think-of-your-audience_3235211.jpg" --- > [I don't think you think of your audience as much as you think, when you're revising, how it holds together. I mean I think the first draft is art, and the second draft, third, fourth draft is craft. Putting it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-see/i-don-t-think-you-think-of-your-audience-as-much-as-you-think-when/) [Carolyn See](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-see/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/carolyn-see-31441_art_i-don-t-think-you-think-of-your-audience_3235211.jpg) ## More by Carolyn See > [“Finally, it was the city that held us, the city they said had no center, that all of us had come to from all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-see/finally-it-was-the-city-that-held-us-the-city-they-said-had-no-center/) [Carolyn See](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-see/) > [A great novelist must open the reader's heart, allow the reader to remember the vastness and glory -- and shame and shabbiness -- of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-see/a-great-novelist-must-open-the-reader-s-heart-allow-the-reader-to/) [Carolyn See](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-see/) > [“Everyone in the world should read this book... We should read it to learn about the world and what it means to be human. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-see/everyone-in-the-world-should-read-this-book-we-should-read-it-to/) [Carolyn See](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-see/) > [I don't know what people think they're trying to do with literary novels, but they're trying to do something. They're trying to change the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-see/i-don-t-know-what-people-think-they-re-trying-to-do-with-literary/) [Carolyn See](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-see/) > [I figure 1000 words a day, or four pages, and sometimes I'll write more, but I'll try not to. Because I think you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-see/i-figure-1000-words-a-day-or-four-pages-and-sometimes-i-ll-write-more/) [Carolyn See](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-see/) > [I notice that I only publish once every four years. It takes a couple of years to write a book and then, for me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-see/i-notice-that-i-only-publish-once-every-four-years-it-takes-a-couple/) [Carolyn See](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-see/) > [Women want a family life that glitters and is stable. They don't want some lump spouse watching ice hockey in the late hours of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-see/women-want-a-family-life-that-glitters-and-is-stable-they-don-t-want/) [Carolyn See](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-see/) > [It's my experience that you first feel the impulse to write in your chest. It's like falling in love, only more so. It feels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-see/it-s-my-experience-that-you-first-feel-the-impulse-to-write-in-your/) [Carolyn See](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-see/) > [Reality is when you pay the rent. Get caught in traffic or your car breaks down. Really it's an AM/FM sort of thing. You've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-see/reality-is-when-you-pay-the-rent-get-caught-in-traffic-or-your-car/) [Carolyn See](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-see/) > [Every word a woman writes changes the story of the world, revises the official version.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-see/every-word-a-woman-writes-changes-the-story-of-the-world-revises-the/) [Carolyn See](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-see/) > [“Wake up! Keep waking up! Wake up more and more often!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-see/wake-up-keep-waking-up-wake-up-more-and-more-often/) [Carolyn See](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-see/) > [I'm absolutely not an athletic person, but I used to be married to a runner. He would say that, especially in long-distance races, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-see/i-m-absolutely-not-an-athletic-person-but-i-used-to-be-married-to-a/) [Carolyn See](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-see/) > [I try to write in the morning when I'm working on a novel. You get up, you have breakfast, you read the paper, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-see/i-try-to-write-in-the-morning-when-i-m-working-on-a-novel-you-get-up/) [Carolyn See](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-see/) > [I play the same album over and over until the people in my house are ready to kill me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-see/i-play-the-same-album-over-and-over-until-the-people-in-my-house-are/) [Carolyn See](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-see/) > [“You can go a surprisingly long time without figuring out the kind of person you are and in what direction your life is taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-see/you-can-go-a-surprisingly-long-time-without-figuring-out-the-kind-of/) [Carolyn See](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-see/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/second-draft/carolyn-see/#itemlist", "name": "1 Second Draft Quotes By Carolyn See", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think you think of your audience as much as you think, when you're revising, how it holds together. 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