Book Quote by Sarah Dessen

I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without a thought…

— Anne Tyler

This is all you have to do. Sit down once a day to the novel and start working without internal criticism, without debilitating expectations,…

— Walter Mosley

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

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

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

Every first draft sucks, so when you have your favorite novel, and you're like, 'Wow, this is a masterpiece,' and then you write your…

— Tomi Adeyemi

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

— Nora Roberts

“First drafts don’t have to be perfect. They just have to be written.”

— Anonymous

Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something—anything—down on paper. What I’ve learned to…

— Anne Lamott

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

If you're having trouble finishing a book, it might be that you're trying to fix it as you go. Just finish the story, no…

— Kimberly Willis Holt