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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

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

Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something—anything—down on paper. What I’ve learned to…

— Anne Lamott

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

— Guy Garvey

If you're having trouble finishing a book, it might be that you're trying to fix it as you go. Just finish the story, no…

— Kimberly Willis Holt

I always write a draft version of the novel in which I try to develop, not the story, not the plot, but the possibilities…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Every first draft sucks, so when you have your favorite novel, and you're like, 'Wow, this is a masterpiece,' and then you write your…

— Tomi Adeyemi

I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without a thought…

— Anne Tyler

“Somedays you have to write even when you think you're putting out crap. You just need to tell yourself that you'll fix the problems…

— Christopher Rice

I don't write drafts. I write from the beginning to the end, and when it's finished, it's done

— Clifford Geertz

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

— Nora Roberts

“Don't look back until you've written an entire draft, just begin each day from the last sentence you wrote the preceding day. This prevents…

— Will Self