Confidence Quote by T. Davis Bunn

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

— Anonymous

It is better to write a bad first draft than to write no first draft at all.

— Will Shetterly

Maybe other writers have perfect first drafts, but I am not one of them. I always try to get the book as tight as…

— Sarah Dessen

“It is better to write a bad first draft than no first draft at all.”

— Will Shetterly

“Whenever I write first drafts, I like to maximize the possibility of f-ups, mistakes, mis-written words, digressions, crazy changes in tone, etc. This is…

— Jeff VanderMeer

Writing a first draft is like groping one's way into a dark room, or overhearing a faint conversation, or telling a joke whose punchline…

— Ted Solotaroff

I see myself as a first-draft writer, so when I sit down to write something, the first draft is usually pretty close to the…

— Noah Hawley

“if you are satisfied with your first draft you are not writing, you are excreting”

— Jennifer Ross

Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist.

— Jane Smiley

We are all continually embarking on first drafts, in every aspect of our lives.

— Jules Feiffer

When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with.…

— Len Wein

I write by hand in my notebooks and number the drafts, so I know how crazy I can get with this. Some writers, like…

— Peter Orner