Crafts Quote by Romulus Linney

Revision is a good impulse to have.

— Rigoberto Gonzalez

Revision plays a very large role in writing. Sometimes it seems to be all revision. And the longer I write, the more I revise-until…

— Ellen Hunnicutt

Revision means throwing out the boring crap and making what’s left sound natural.

— Laurie Halse Anderson

Revision is not the end of the creative process, but a new beginning. It's a chance not just to clean up and edit, but…

— John Dufresne

Revision is not going back and fussing around, but going forward into the process of creation

— May Sarton

Revision is the heart of writing. Every page I do is done over seven or eight times.

— Patricia Reilly Giff

I write a lot in my head. The revision goes on internally. It's not spontaneous and it doesn't have a schedule.

— Jamaica Kincaid

I'm a passionate believer in revision, and a lot of my writing gets done during revision process. It isn't just tweaking: I tend to…

— John Jeremiah Sullivan

But revision is a creative act, not merely an analytical imposition of rules of style on a more creative first draft. That's a myth…

— K. M. Soehnlein

“Sometimes a fresh perspective is all you need to get a second wind on the revision process. Try viewing your material on a different…

— V.S. Watson

The great thing about revision is that it's your opportunity to fake being brilliant.

— Will Shetterly

Students need to be reminded that revision isn't merely making a few cosmetic changes. Revision is seeing and then reseeing our words and practicing…

— Georgia Heard