Editors Quote by Kate DiCamillo

“It’s important to put aside your internal editor and just get words down on the page when working on a first draft.”

— S.J. Scott

My first draft is always way too long; my books start out with delusions of 'War and Peace' - and must be gently disabused.…

— Julia Glass

I am a hopeless pantser, so I don't do much outlining. A thought will occur to me, and I'll just throw it into the…

— Marie Lu

I write by hand in my notebooks and number the drafts, so I know how crazy I can get with this. Some writers, like…

— Peter Orner

“Whenever I write first drafts, I like to maximize the possibility of f-ups, mistakes, mis-written words, digressions, crazy changes in tone, etc. This is…

— Jeff VanderMeer

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

Elizabeth Hardwick told me once that all her first drafts sounded as if a chicken had written them. So do mine for the most…

— Flannery O'Connor

I always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds that unusual.

— Ricky Jay

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

I don't write drafts. I write from the beginning to the end, and when it's finished, it's done

— Clifford Geertz

Editing is just ongoing. I don't count drafts, or know what would fully constitute a draft. But I try to fix as I go.…

— Lorrie Moore

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

— Sean Platt