Revising Strategies Quotes

My writing is a process of rewriting, of going back and changing and filling in. in the rewriting process you discover what's going on, and you go back and bring it up to that point.

I'm a great reviser. I do these reckless drafts just to get the lay of the land.

Read every sentence you write out loud. If it sounds boring, kill it.

Be ready to revise any system, scrap any method, abandon any theory, if the success of the job requires it.

I draft quickly and then revise, a lot.

I'm a passionate believer in revision, and a lot of my writing gets done during revision process. It isn't just tweaking: I tend to break it apart and remake it every time I do a new draft.

That first peak is the best place to pause and look back, to see if you took the easiest route, to learn the lessons from the first climb. And it is the best place to examine the terrain ahead, to change your plans and goals, to take a deep breath and begin climbing again.