Writing Quote by Andromeda Edison

I write to find out what the story means to me, that is what I try to do especially with the first draft.

— Wally Lamb

“The purpose of the first draft is not to get it right, but to get it written.”

— John Dufresne

“I do three drafts handwritten and then it's typed up... They are different from each other, they are hopefully improvements in the sense you're…

— Clive Barker

“Sometimes the rules of writing get in the way of a good story told.”

— Jason E. Hodges

“First drafts don’t have to be perfect. They just have to be written.”

— Anonymous

Each story tells me how to write it, but not the one afterwards.

— Eudora Welty

“You write your first draft with your heart, and you rewrite with your head.”

— James Ellison

“Your job during or just after the first draft is to decide what something or somethings yours is about. Your job in the second…

— Stephen King

“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story. -Terry Pratchett”

— Anna Blondell

“Your life is your story, so make choices that will write it the way you want it to be written”

— Brooke Stonex

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.

— Pat Barker

“But once your basic story is on paper, you need to think about what it means and enrich your following drafts with your conclusions.”

— Stephen King