First Draft

The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.

– Terry Pratchett

Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down.

—John Steinbeck

If you want to change the world…

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

—Mark Twain

If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how you write.

—W. Somerset Maugham

I always write the end of everything first. Then I go back to the beginning. I mean, it’s always nice to know where you’re going, is my theory.

—Truman Capote

“Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.”

— Ray Bradbury