Books Quote by Monika Pardon

Novel writing, like so many things in life, is an iterative process. You come at it again and again, working at it like you…

— Kameron Hurley

“The process of editing a piece of writing seems sometimes a lot like natural selection. Your efforts never really eliminate the mistakes. You just…

— John A. Ashley

Writing is rewriting. A writer must learn to deepen characters, trim writing, intensify scenes. To fall in love with the first draft to the…

— Richard North Patterson

“Writing a novel mimics what we bring to our journey of life. God is the great editor who purges the faulty, the awkward, and…

— Denise M. Baran-Unland

A good edit process turns rocks into diamonds, and every author should love that part as much as the creative phase. I do love…

— Kim Smith

I think I'm succinct to the point of trying to write the two-word novel. Editing my work almost never means taking anything out but…

— Kate DiCamillo

“You’ll learn that the key to a great book is editing — grinding, buffing, and polishing — not writing.”

— Guy Kawasaki

“Writers write; editors make it readable.”

— Val Edward Simone

“Self-editing a novel is like trying to put pants on a cat: yes, it's painful and time consuming, but in the end, satisfying.”

— Robert Jack

“The editing of a good piece of writing is like the editing of one's life: never quite complete; rendering all, ultimately, unfinished works when…

— KC Woodworth

I've always equated the writing process with editing, sort of like when I get through editing the movie, that's like my last draft of…

— Quentin Tarantino

Novel-writing is a highly skilled and laborious trade. One does not just sit behind a screen jotting down other people's conversation. One has for…

— Evelyn Waugh