Deadlines Quote by Sarah Manguso

“The key to revising is to let the writing get 'cold' between revisions; a time lapse between readings enables you to read the draft…

— Claire B. May and Gordon S. May

My revision methods are chipping things away and moving them around and trying to get things right. I'm also open in my own writing…

— David Biespiel

I wish I wrote drafts and then revised them, but I don't. What I do is I seem to revise as I go.

— Edward Hirsch

I love revising. If you demystify the process, it comes down to four strategies: what can I do to make the draft better; what…

— Wally Lamb

“Even if you're in the thick of revising another work, write something new. Something small. It's important to keep telling yourself stories.”

— Don Roff

“A really well-done first draft of a book bares your soul. The purpose of revision is so that everyone who reads the published version…

— James A. Owen

I revise and revise and revise. I'm not even sure "revise" is the right word. I work a story almost to death before it's…

— Peter Orner

If you start to revise before you've reached the end, you're likely to begin dawdling with the revisions and putting off the difficult task…

— Pearl S. Buck

Rewrite and revise. Do not be afraid to seize what you have and cut it to ribbons ... Good writing means good revising.

— William Strunk, Jr

So, the process of revision, it's not systematic. But for me, I mean, I know a lot of poets who write out a draft…

— Edward Hirsch

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

I've thought about writing, but it hasn't happened yet. It's like schoolwork - you start doing your revisions two nights before you're compelled to…

— Anonymous