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title: "28 Write Draft Quotes by 27 authors"
description: "Browse 28 Write Draft quotes by 27 authors. Discover the best Write Draft sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Write the draft from your heart!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-ballantine-watson/write-the-draft-from-your-heart/)

[Kathleen Ballantine Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-ballantine-watson/)

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> [Write your first draft with your heart. Rewrite with your head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-rich/write-your-first-draft-with-your-heart-rewrite-with-your-head/)

[Mike Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-rich/)

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> [I generally write a first draft that's pretty lean. Just get the story down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-roberts/i-generally-write-a-first-draft-that-s-pretty-lean-just-get-the-story/)

[Nora Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-roberts/)

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> [“You write your first draft with your heart, and you rewrite with your head.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ellison/you-write-your-first-draft-with-your-heart-and-you-rewrite-with-your/)

[James Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ellison/)

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> [I see myself as a first-draft writer, so when I sit down to write something, the first draft is usually pretty close…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-hawley/i-see-myself-as-a-first-draft-writer-so-when-i-sit-down-to-write/)

[Noah Hawley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-hawley/)

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> [You write your first draft with your heart and you re-write with your head. The first key to writing is to write,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-connery/you-write-your-first-draft-with-your-heart-and-you-re-write-with-your/)

[Sean Connery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-connery/)

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> [You write that first draft really to see how it's going to come out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-michener/you-write-that-first-draft-really-to-see-how-it-s-going-to-come-out/)

[James A. Michener](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-michener/)

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> [It is better to write a bad first draft than to write no first draft at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-shetterly/it-is-better-to-write-a-bad-first-draft-than-to-write-no-first-draft/)

[Will Shetterly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-shetterly/)

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> [I have to write a first draft with a fountain pen before I type it up as a second.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colm-toibin/i-have-to-write-a-first-draft-with-a-fountain-pen-before-i-type-it-up/)

[Colm Toibin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colm-toibin/)

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> [As a writer, I know that - you write a first draft and then put it in a drawer. The longer I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/as-a-writer-i-know-that-you-write-a-first-draft-and-then-put-it-in-a/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [I see myself as a first-draft writer, so when I sit down to write something, the first draft is usually pretty close…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-hawley/i-see-myself-as-a-first-draft-writer-so-when-i-sit-down-to-write-2/)

[Noah Hawley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-hawley/)

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> [Well, you're in a theater and it's 24 shots a second, your face, your body, your voice, and it's your craft, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mapother/well-you-re-in-a-theater-and-it-s-24-shots-a-second-your-face-your/)

[William Mapother](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mapother/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/i-write-until-the-first-draft-is-finished-and-then-i-feel-that-i-can/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

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> [I write every first draft - almost every draft, but certainly the first - by hand on blank white pieces of paper,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-kinberg/i-write-every-first-draft-almost-every-draft-but-certainly-the-first/)

[Simon Kinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-kinberg/)

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> [With my first book, I was hired to write a draft of the script. I was so young and less confident. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/with-my-first-book-i-was-hired-to-write-a-draft-of-the-script-i-was/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-hardwick/it-s-one-of-the-things-writing-students-don-t-understand-they-write-a/)

[Elizabeth Hardwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-hardwick/)

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> [“No thinking – that comes later. You write your first draft with your heart. You rewrite with your head. The first key…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/no-thinking-that-comes-later-you-write-your-first-draft-with-your/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The longer I write, the more important I believe it is to write the first draft as fast as possible. In drafting,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-murray/the-longer-i-write-the-more-important-i-believe-it-is-to-write-the/)

[Donald Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-murray/)

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> [Every first draft sucks, so when you have your favorite novel, and you're like, 'Wow, this is a masterpiece,' and then you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomi-adeyemi/every-first-draft-sucks-so-when-you-have-your-favorite-novel-and-you/)

[Tomi Adeyemi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tomi-adeyemi/)

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> [I always write on unlined typing paper and write the first draft in longhand, using cheap Bic pens. I try to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gerritsen/i-always-write-on-unlined-typing-paper-and-write-the-first-draft-in/)

[Tess Gerritsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gerritsen/)

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> [Something I always tell students is, when you're writing something, you want to write the first draft and you want it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/something-i-always-tell-students-is-when-you-re-writing-something-you/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [I always write a draft version of the novel in which I try to develop, not the story, not the plot, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-vargas-llosa/i-always-write-a-draft-version-of-the-novel-in-which-i-try-to-develop/)

[Mario Vargas Llosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-vargas-llosa/)

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> [I write my first draft by hand, at least for fiction. For non-fiction, I write happily on a computer, but for fiction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/i-write-my-first-draft-by-hand-at-least-for-fiction-for-non-fiction-i/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

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> [Some writers find that they don't know their themes until they've finished the first draft (I am one). They then rewrite with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-kress/some-writers-find-that-they-don-t-know-their-themes-until-they-ve/)

[Nancy Kress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-kress/)

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> [In my office in Florida I have, I think, 30 manuscript piles around the room. Some are screenplays or comic books or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/in-my-office-in-florida-i-have-i-think-30-manuscript-piles-around-the/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [Each of my books took roughly one and a half years to write. Some may have taken a shorter time to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-flinn/each-of-my-books-took-roughly-one-and-a-half-years-to-write-some-may/)

[Alex Flinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-flinn/)

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> [So, the process of revision, it's not systematic. But for me, I mean, I know a lot of poets who write out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/so-the-process-of-revision-it-s-not-systematic-but-for-me-i-mean-i/)

[Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/)

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> [Usually, the way I write is to sit down at a typewriter after that year or so of what passes for thinking,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/usually-the-way-i-write-is-to-sit-down-at-a-typewriter-after-that/)

[Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/)

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