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First Draft Quotes by Colm Toibin
- I have to write a first draft with a fountain pen before I type it up as a second.
- The problem is once you've written the opening paragraph and worked out how the rest of the story will go in your head, there's nothing…
More First Draft Quotes
- I hate first drafts, and it never gets easier. People always wonder what kind of superhero power they'd like to have. I… — Judy Blume
- Writing a first draft is like groping one's way into a dark room, or overhearing a faint conversation, or telling a joke… — Ted Solotaroff
- You write that first draft really to see how it's going to come out. — James A. Michener
- When I finish a first draft, it's always just as much of a mess as it's always been. I still make the… — Michael Chabon
- After finishing the first draft, I work for as long as it takes (for two or three weeks, most often) to rework… — Kent Haruf
- 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
- It takes me six months to do a story. I think it out and write it sentence by sentence - no first… — Dorothy Parker
- The first draft of a story is the writer's clay. — Bruce Coville