"The first draft is just a skeleton-just bare……" — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
"The first draft is just a skeleton-just bare bones. It's like the very first rehearsal of a play, where the director moves the actors around mechanically to get a feel of the action."
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18 Quotes by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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One way to tell if you're really comfortable with a person is if you can be quiet together sometimes and…
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The Three Cs, I told myself. When you're not Comfortable with it, it's not a Compliment, it's Creepy.
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There were so many of these moments that could never be captured accurately, even in the camcorder, only in the…
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Happiness is wanting what you have.
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If it doesn't sweat, jiggle, or pant, it's not alive.
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We all have our own battles to fight, and sometimes we have to go it alone. I'm stronger than you…
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Writing, for me, is the best occupation I can think of, and there is nothing in the world I would…
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Once I have the idea for a story. I start collecting all kinds of helpful information and storing it in…
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An idea in the head is like a rock in the shoe; I just can't wait to get it out.
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…and I’m thinking how nothing is as simple as you guess-not right or wrong, not Judd Travers, not even me…
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I used to think that when I grew up there wouldn't be so many rules. Back in elementary school there…
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Saying hello to something new means saying good-bye to something old and loved.
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