Criticism Quote by Sriram Raghavan

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

— Nora Roberts

First drafts are for learning what your story is about.

— Bernard Malamud

My first drafts are always terrible, and I hate them, but the process for me is all about writing the bad version until it…

— Jesse Andrews

It's good to get critiqued, so you can get better - and I want to do that.

— Darci Lynne Farmer

Your spouse, a sibling, a friend need to read your drafts. They have to be people unafraid to tell you what sucks. For early…

— Douglas Brunt

Critique is good as long as you're hearing it from a person who you know you're in sync with.

— Jamie Demetriou

I have friends who will critique me much harder than any review.

— Wynton Marsalis

My first draft is always way too long; my books start out with delusions of 'War and Peace' - and must be gently disabused.…

— Julia Glass

When I finish a first draft, I often look back at first chapters I wrote and laugh at them. They're like pictures of yourself…

— Scott Westerfeld

I do a nice sloppy first draft like everybody else. And then just work at it and work at it and groom it. I…

— Diablo Cody

“Awful first drafts are fine—Agree with this. If you don’t finish something, you’ll never get in the game. Just quell the voice in your…

— Jamie Freveletti

Really, what you should tell a novelist is, 'Keep going until you finish the draft. Don't show it to anyone.'

— Andrew Sean Greer