I’m not against thinking; I’m only against thinking that thinking on its own will get you out of a hole. Shovel also needed.

Scott Westerfeld

Mots clés rewriting

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Revision means throwing out the boring crap and making what’s left sound natural.

Laurie Halse Anderson

Mots clés writing rewriting

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When asked about rewriting, Ernest Hemingway said that he rewrote the ending to A Farewell to Arms thirty-nine times before he was satisfied. Vladimir Nabokov wrote that spontaneous eloquence seemed like a miracle and that he rewrote every word he ever published, and often several times. And Mark Strand, former poet laureate, says that each of his poems sometimes goes through forty to fifty drafts before it is finished.

Susan M. Tiberghien

Mots clés writing rewriting

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Secure writers don't sell first drafts. They patiently rewrite until the script is as director-ready, as actor-ready as possible. Unfinished work invites tampering, while polished, mature work seals its integrity.

Robert McKee

Mots clés integrity script screenwriting rewriting screenwriters

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Rewriting is the crucible where books are born.

Cathryn Louis

Mots clés writing story author rewriting

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I have rewritten — often several times — every word I have ever published. My pencils outlast their erasers.

Vladimir Nabokov

Mots clés editing publishing publish rewriting rewrite

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