Books Quote by Jordan E. Rosenfeld

The novel is never really in the first draft. The novel really happens in the revisions.

— Tama Janowitz

Really, what you should tell a novelist is, 'Keep going until you finish the draft. Don't show it to anyone.'

— Andrew Sean Greer

Each book is a different staging post on the writer's journey, and each book stands by itself, regardless of the writer's relationship to it.

— Jeanette Winterson

“The author is at one end of the experience of writing and the reader is at the other, and the book is the contract…

— Helen Humphreys

“A novel is the final common pathway of a writer's experiences, fears, wishes, thoughts, feelings & fantasies. All is distilled in a novel.”

— Mark Rubinstein

A novel is a relationship, you know? When you read a book, the writer has done half the work, and you're doing half the…

— Noah Hawley

Write with abandon and no constraints for first draft. Cut brutally and save in separate files on second draft. Add conflict; don't be afraid…

— Francesca Lia Block

I think people feel for a long time that they ought to know how to write a novel in two drafts.

— Alice Mattison

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

“Clearly she knew that between book lovers, a novel is not a novel is not a novel. It's a symbol, an offering -- and…

— Sara Nelson

A big book is like a serious relationship; it requires a commitment.

— Mick Foley

A novel is a conversation between a reader and a writer.

— John Green