Able Quote by Barry N. Malzberg

Rewriting is a large part of the whole job. And get rid of stuff that's not working. Just pare it down until it's a…

— Kurt Loder

Rewriting is the essence of writing well: it's where the game is won or lost. The idea is hard to accept. We all have…

— William Zinsser

Rewriting is a large part of the whole job. And get rid of stuff that's not working. Just pare it down until it's a…

— Kurt Loder

Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, don't be precious about your first draft, it's an architectural blueprint to a whole building, be your own worst critic, confront…

— Tobsha Learner

Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down.…

— John Steinbeck

I do first draft in longhand, which saves a lot of rewriting. I try to get a certain amount done each day. Don't always,…

— Harry Turtledove

I always rewrite each day up to the point where I stopped. When it is all finished, naturally you go over it. You get…

— Ernest Hemingway

The only kind of writing is rewriting.

— Ernest Hemingway

Sometimes it is better to re-write than overwriting. Avoiding the repetition is the best.

— Biman Gandhi

I do not rewrite unless I am absolutely sure that I can express the material better if I do rewrite it.

— William Faulkner

The best writing is rewriting.

— E. B. White

Writing is rewriting what you have rewritten.

— Paul Engle