“I know when a story is finished when there is not a single thing more I can think to do to it. And since I know at the start what the last line will be, I know when I've reached that point as logically as I can that it's finished. As for the rewriting-it's not foolproof, of course, but if you're honest about having thought of every possibility and you still come back to what you have, what more can you do?” IfsThinkingKnowsWritingStillsI CanStoriesLastsCoursesLinesHonestPossibilityFinishedRewritingFoolproof Author:Amy Hempel
“The biggest challenge for me has been in coping with my perfectionism. I have a stiflingly hard time moving forward in a project if it's not 'just right' all along the way. The trap I so easily fall into is rewriting and rewriting the same scenes over and over to make them perfect, instead of continuing on into the wild unknown of the story.” IfsWayHas BeensHardStoriesMovingFallChallengesPerfectSceneProjectsMoving ForwardHard TimesContinuingTrapsCopingPerfectionismRewritingContinuing On Author:Laini Taylor
“It has been said, "History is written by the victors." I take this to mean we can make ourselves victorious by writing, and then rewriting our own stories. In a country and culture so dominated by media, by the manipulation of words and stories, telling the tales of people whose stories historically have not been told is a radical act and I believe an act that can change the world and help rewrite history.” PeopleWorldWritingBelieveMeanHas BeensSaidCountryHelpingStoriesCultureI BelieveWrittenMediaTalesRadicalChanging The WorldManipulationRewriting Author:Jennifer Beals
“I am a technophile, so there is no such thing as a first draft. The first draft plunges on, and about a quarter of the way through it I realise I'm doing things wrong, so I start rewriting it. What you call the first draft becomes rather like a caterpillar; it is progressing fairly slowly, but there is movement up and down its whole length, the whole story is being changed. I call this draft zero, telling myself how the story is supposed to go.” WayFirstsWholeStoriesProgressMovementChangedLengthZeroRealisingQuartersUp And DownPlungeRewritingCaterpillars Author:Terry Pratchett