Can do Quote by Ramsey Campbell

I think a lot of the dull parts of first drafts come from a kind of over-managing, intrusive writer who wants to direct traffic.…

— Meg Wolitzer

I see myself as a first-draft writer, so when I sit down to write something, the first draft is usually pretty close to the…

— Noah Hawley

Writing a first draft is like groping one's way into a dark room, or overhearing a faint conversation, or telling a joke whose punchline…

— Ted Solotaroff

I try to write everyday. I do that much better over here than when I'm teaching. I always rewrite, usually fairly close-on which is…

— Marilyn Hacker

If somebody asked for the first draft of something I'd written, it'd probably be pretty close to whatever got published. I get enjoyment out…

— Chuck Klosterman

Writing is so hard… The first draft writing is so hard that sometimes in the beginning, before the work itself takes over, carrying you…

— Sophy Burnham

I always write on unlined typing paper and write the first draft in longhand, using cheap Bic pens. I try to write about four…

— Tess Gerritsen

The bottom line is that I like my first drafts to be blind, unconscious, messy efforts; that's what gets me the best material.

— Jennifer Egan

I'm trying to break myself of that habit [of not writing out a first draft ] because I'm working on a couple novels and…

— Donald Ray Pollock

I see myself as a first-draft writer, so when I sit down to write something, the first draft is usually pretty close to the…

— Noah Hawley

Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life,…

— Nicholas Sparks

Every time I start on a new book, I am a beginner again. I doubt myself, I grow discouraged, all the work accomplished in…

— Simone de Beauvoir