About Quote by Gillian Flynn

When I finish a first draft, it's always just as much of a mess as it's always been. I still make the same mistakes…

— Michael Chabon

The first draft is usually junk. You have to work on it seven to eight times.

— Ravi Subramanian

There are some writers who are done when they finish a draft because they've thought it through beforehand. Whereas I'll finish a first draft…

— Heidi Julavits

Generally I finish a first draft in 2-6 months, then I set it aside for a while so that when I come back to…

— Margaret Haddix

I do a nice sloppy first draft like everybody else. And then just work at it and work at it and groom it. I…

— Diablo Cody

I draft quickly and then revise, a lot.

— Erin Morgenstern

The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.

— Terry Pratchett

During my first eight years at the Revs we drafted really well, but I got very little from the last two drafts that I…

— Steve Nicol

I write first drafts by hand, often out of the house somewhere, and then, when I've got a draft, type it up and let…

— David Means

I like revising much, much better than getting down a first draft. The first draft is just getting the pieces to the puzzle. Then…

— Judy Blume

I had this bad habit of not writing out a first draft and going back. For me it was the first sentence, then the…

— Donald Ray Pollock

The first draft is the child's draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place, knowing…

— Anne Lamott