First-drafts Quote by Jamie Freveletti

Every first draft sucks, so when you have your favorite novel, and you're like, 'Wow, this is a masterpiece,' and then you write your…

— Tomi Adeyemi

My first drafts are always terrible, and I hate them, but the process for me is all about writing the bad version until it…

— Jesse Andrews

If you're having trouble finishing a book, it might be that you're trying to fix it as you go. Just finish the story, no…

— Kimberly Willis Holt

“It is better to write a bad first draft than no first draft at all.”

— Will Shetterly

“First drafts don’t have to be perfect. They just have to be written.”

— Anonymous

It is better to write a bad first draft than to write no first draft at all.

— Will Shetterly

“The first draft is your “vomit onto the keyboard” draft, wherein your task is to simply keep moving and outrun your doubts.”

— Sean Platt

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

Maybe other writers have perfect first drafts, but I am not one of them. I always try to get the book as tight as…

— Sarah Dessen

Just start scribbling. The first draft is never your last draft. Nothing you write is by accident.

— Guy Garvey

“The other six or seven drafts are going to be pure torture. So why not enjoy the first draft, in the hope that your…

— Ray Bradbury

This is all you have to do. Sit down once a day to the novel and start working without internal criticism, without debilitating expectations,…

— Walter Mosley