Dragons Quote by Steven Zaillian

There are some writers who are done when they finish a draft because they've thought it through beforehand. Whereas I'll finish a first draft…

— Heidi Julavits

“Write the draft from your heart!”

— Kathleen Ballantine Watson

Just start scribbling. The first draft is never your last draft. Nothing you write is by accident.

— Guy Garvey

I always do my draft in long hand because even the ink is part of the flow.

— Martin Amis

“The first draft is your “vomit onto the keyboard” draft, wherein your task is to simply keep moving and outrun your doubts.”

— Sean Platt

In the draft you always have a special bond and connection, especially if you have one that goes right after you, so it's kind…

— Tristan Thompson

You write that first draft really to see how it's going to come out.

— James A. Michener

The draft that finally goes to my editor doesn't get into her hands until I have read it out loud innumerable times - sometimes…

— Kate DiCamillo

I write until the first draft is finished, and then I feel that I can get out. But, during the time of the writing…

— Isabel Allende

When I finish a first draft, it's always just as much of a mess as it's always been. I still make the same mistakes…

— Michael Chabon

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

— Mike Rich

You write your first draft with your heart and you re-write with your head. The first key to writing is to write, not to…

— Sean Connery