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First Drafts Quotes by Jennifer Egan
- The bottom line is that I like my first drafts to be blind, unconscious, messy efforts; that's what gets me the best material.
- I haven’t had trouble with writer’s block. I think it’s because my process involves writing very badly. My first drafts are filled with lurching, clichéd…
More First Drafts 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
- First drafts are for learning what your story is about. — Bernard Malamud
- Maybe other writers have perfect first drafts, but I am not one of them. I always try to get the book as… — Sarah Dessen
- I have never thought of myself as a good writer. Anyone who wants reassurance of that should read one of my first… — James A. Michener
- I write very raw, ugly, illiterate first drafts very quickly (novels are always in first draft in under a year) and then… — Porochista Khakpour
- If you imagine the world listening, you'll never write a line. That's why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts… — Erica Jong
- Somewhere I put it this way: first drafts are for learning what one’s fiction wants him to say. Revision works with that… — Bernard Malamud
- Secure writers don't sell first drafts. They patiently rewrite until the script is as director-ready, as actor-ready as possible. Unfinished work invites… — Robert McKee