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First Draft Quotes by Jill McCorkle
- The first draft is all about freedom, and if loyalty is in question, it is only my loyalty to the characters and situations on the…
- I feel very protective in the first draft, when all the pieces are coming together. I work in a way that is not linear or…
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
- The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one. — Jean de la Bruyere
- You write your first draft with your heart and you re-write with your head. The first key to writing is to write,… — Sean Connery
- 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
- Writing is rewriting. A writer must learn to deepen characters, trim writing, intensify scenes. To fall in love with the first draft… — Richard North Patterson