Boxes Quote by Shannon Hale

Writing anything, it sorta starts the way you'd build a castle at the beach. You're just taking your hands and you're mounting up sand.

— Aaron Sorkin

I can build a castle from a single grain of sand, I can make a ship sail on dry land.

— The Temptations

Write your goal in concrete and your plan in sand so that you may change your plan when obstacles come your way and not…

— Anonymous

Writing a first draft is like trying to build a house in a strong wind.

— William Faulkner

Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the…

— Raquel Cepeda

I could make a sand castle out of hour glass sand.

— Yung Capo

I don't write easily or rapidly. My first draft usually has only a few elements worth keeping. I have to find what those are…

— Susan Sontag

Write your first draft with your heart. Rewrite with your head.

— Mike Rich

I write first drafts by hand, often out of the house somewhere, and then, when I've got a draft, type it up and let…

— David Means

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

First drafts are for learning what your story is about.

— Bernard Malamud

I'm sharpest early, and though I can rewrite any time, day or night, I'm useless after noon when it comes to writing first draft.

— Hallie Ephron