Believe Quote by Ray Bradbury

First drafts are for learning what your story is about.

— Bernard Malamud

I write to find out what the story means to me, that is what I try to do especially with the first draft.

— Wally Lamb

Yes, the first draft is the key. That's why I put so much energy, focus, and attention on the first draft, because I respect…

— Caridad Svich

Only in very rare circumstances will you see something cut out of my first drafts. Maybe it's because of the way I write. I'm…

— R. A. Salvatore

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 write my first draft by hand, at least for fiction. For non-fiction, I write happily on a computer, but for fiction I write…

— Jennifer Egan

I generally write a first draft that's pretty lean. Just get the story down.

— Nora Roberts

After finishing a draft, no matter how rough, I almost always put it aside for a while. It doesn't matter if it's a story…

— Leslie Jamison

Usually when I finish the draft of a book, I'm sure I'll never write another one. I'm just that tired and sick of myself.…

— Sarah Dessen

I think that, as a writer, while it's your job to construct stories, you have to navigate your way through them with your heart.

— Abi Morgan

Everyone has a story, the air is full of stories. The creative process is mysterious, I don't know why it is that suddenly a…

— Isabel Allende

I think my narrative is actually pretty interesting if I step back from it and don't engage too much in it, personally or emotionally.

— Karyn Kusama