“There are people already sharing eBooks out there, .. and they do it simply because they love books. You don't buy a second copy of a book, cut the spine off, lay each page on a scanner, run that .tif through an OCR (Optical Character Reader), hand edit the resulting output for errors and then post it online if you don't love the book. it can up to 80 hours to turn a printed novel into an eBook. I figure if someone out there is willing to put in 80 hours of work promoting my book, then I'd prefer they do it in a way that gives a better return to me.” PeopleIfsWayGivingBookCharacterHandsRunningTurnsHoursNovelCuttingFiguresWillingReturnReaderPagesLaysErrorsPostsOnlineCopiesPromotingPrintedEditsSpineOutputReturn To Me Author:Cory Doctorow
“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
“I don't believe in writer's block. Most of writer's block is having too much time on your hands. My mantra is that you can always edit a bad page; you can't edit a blank page.” BelieveHandsToo MuchPagesDon't BelieveBlockBlankEditsMantrasWriter's BlockBlank Pages Author:Jodi Picoult
“I'm trying to read/edit my story as if I have no existing knowledge of the story, no investment in it, no sense of what Herculean effort went into writing page 23, no pretensions as to why the dull patch on page 4 is important for the fireworks that will happen on page 714.” IfsWritingTryingImportantStoriesHappensEffortPagesInvestmentDullPatchesEditsPretensionFireworks Author:George Saunders
“I write dozens and dozens of pages more than I need, and then edit them down to size. It's more like sculpture than construction.” NeedsWritingPagesSizeConstructionDozenSculptureEdits Author:Grant Morrison
“Do not take the creative process personally. At every stage, you are going to feel like it's all falling apart, like the golden egg of truth in your brain is not manifesting on the page or on set or in the edit. But that panic, that loss, that pain - that is the process of creation. Let it hurt, drink some coffee and keep going.” FeelsPainFallProcessHurtLossBrainCreativeStageCreationDrinkPagesCoffeeGoldenEggsKeep GoingManifestPanicCreative ProcessIt HurtsFalling ApartEditsGolden Eggs Author:Jessie Kahnweiler
“You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.” WritingWellsMightPagesBlankEditsBlank Pages Author:Jodi Picoult
“Living "in" a story, being part of a narrative, is much more satisfying than living without one. I don't always know what narrative it is, because I'm living my life and not always reflecting on it, but as I edit these pages I am aware that I have an urge to see my sometimes random wandering as having a plot, a purpose guided by some underlying story.” KnowsSometimesStoriesPurposePagesWanderNarrativePlotUrgesSatisfyingLiving My LifeReflectingEdits Book:Bicycle Diaries Source: Bicycle Diaries