About Quote by Tess Gerritsen

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

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

I write every first draft - almost every draft, but certainly the first - by hand on blank white pieces of paper, so I…

— Simon Kinberg

I try to write everyday. I do that much better over here than when I'm teaching. I always rewrite, usually fairly close-on which is…

— Marilyn Hacker

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

I calculated that if I wrote five pages a day, which seemed very doable, I would have an 1,800-page first draft when the deadline…

— Michael Showalter

When a book is in its final stages, I've just got to be home, looking at it seventeen hours a day, and that's fine.…

— Pam Houston

Generally I finish a first draft in 2-6 months, then I set it aside for a while so that when I come back to…

— Margaret Haddix

As a writer, I know that - you write a first draft and then put it in a drawer. The longer I can put…

— Malcolm Gladwell

Generally I start writing when I have even the smallest idea of how a book is going to go, because the physical process of…

— Terry Pratchett

It can take years. With the first draft, I just write everything. With the second draft, it becomes so depressing for me, because I…

— David Sedaris

I don't have a schedule, but I can write for hours non-stop. If I'm drafting a book, I try and do a chapter a…

— Sefi Atta