“ Toni Morrison said, The function of freedom is to free someone else, and if you are no longer wracked or in bondage to a person or a way of life, tell your story. Risk freeing someone else. Not everyo… Anne Lamott
“ Mostly writing requires massive dedication, a whole lot of time spent alone, way too much sitting, countless hours spent thinking hard, and unending and occasionally painful dedication to forming idea… Susan Reynolds
“ Now, practically even better news than that of short assignments is the idea of shitty first drafts. All good writers write them. Anne Lamott
“ I wrote a book. It sucked. I wrote nine more books. They sucked, too. Meanwhile, I read every single thing I could find on publishing and writing, went to conferences, joined professional organization… Beth Revis
“ It's okay to write a cliché in a first draft; it sets a marker that you can get far, far away from in the rewrites. Stewart Stafford
“ Awful first drafts are fine—Agree with this.If you don’t finish something, you’ll never get in the game. Just quell the voice in your head that says “Are you kidding? No one is going to want to read t… Jamie Freveletti
