“Should novels generally be 600 pages? No, they should not. Half of writing, maybe 3/4 of writing, is editing. This seems to be a thing that has not gotten through to them. It's my impression that you could get rid of half of most of these books. These people are not good enough to be this long, but they're apparently also not good enough to be shorter.” PeopleShouldWritingLongBookEnoughSeemsHalfNovelPagesImpressionGood EnoughEditingNot Good Enough Author:Fran Lebowitz
“To write three series a year you only need to commit to writing 10 pages per day, or editing 50 pages of text per day. Plus, writing is my job, and I need to write to eat, so I'm highly motivated to get up and get to work!” NeedsWritingYearsJobsThreePagesSeriesCommitGet UpPlusMotivatedEditing Author:Victoria Laurie
“I write quickly with a sense of urgency. I don't edit myself out of existence, meaning I'll try to write 50 or 60 pages before I start rereading, revising and editing. That just helps with my confidence.” WritingTryingHelpingExistencePagesEditingUrgencyEditsRevisingSense Of UrgencyRereading Author:Anthony Bourdain
“Editing is hard but nowhere NEAR as tough as facing that blank page and blinking cursor each day. You're all alone and no one else can do it. At least with editing you have someone in the trench with you.” HardCan DoPagesToughEach DayBlankEditingAll AloneTrenchesBlank Pages Author:Sarah Dessen
“The writing is what gives me the joy, especially editing myself for the page, and getting something ready to show to the editors, and then to have a first draft and get it back and work to fix it, I love reworking, I love editing, love love love revision, revision, revision, revision.” GivingWritingFirstsShowsJoyReadyPagesGive MeEditorsEditingRevision Author:George Carlin
“There is a difference between a book of two hundred pages from the very beginning, and a book of two hundred pages which is the result of an original eight hundred pages. The six hundred are there. Only you don't see them.” WritingTwoBookLiteratureDifferencesResultsSixPagesHundredOriginalsEightEditingRewriting Book:Elie Wiesel: Conversations Source: Elie Wiesel: Conversations