“Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist.”
Jane Smiley (1949) American novelist
“First draft: let it run. Turn all the knobs up to 11. Second draft: hell. Cut it down and cut it into shape. Third draft: comb its nose and blow its hair. I usually find that most of the book will have handed itself to me on that first draft.”
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