Dirty Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

“Getting the first draft finished is like pushing a very dirty peanut across the floor with your nose.”

— Joyce Carol Oates

The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.

— Terry Pratchett

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

Getting that first draft out is a horribly hard grind, but that (perversely) is where the joy of it lies.

— Jonathan Stroud

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

A careful first draft is a failed first draft

— Patricia Hampl

Writing a first draft is like trying to build a house in a strong wind.

— William Faulkner

Don't stop with your first draft.

— P. J. Plauger

I am a technophile, so there is no such thing as a first draft. The first draft plunges on, and about a quarter of…

— Terry Pratchett

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

— Ravi Subramanian

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

— Sean Platt

Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist.

— Jane Smiley