249 Quotes About Editing

Further editing deepens a story.

Writing Tip:Don't let the "writing rules" bog you down when you're writing the first draft; they don't matter when you're writing the story, only when you're editing the story.

Apparently, my hopes, dreams and aspirations were no match against my poor spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Growing a culture requires a good storyteller. Changing a culture requires a persuasive editor.

All writing is guilty until proven innocent.

We never end up with the book we began writing. Characters twist it and turn it until they get the life that is perfect for them. A good writer won't waste their time arguing with the characters they create...It is almost always a waste of time and people tend to stare when you do!

Writing is like riding a bike. Once you gain momentum, the hills are easier. Editing, however, requires a motor and some horsepower.

There's no point in writing my kind of stuff, when they're printing that kind of stuff. So I gave up and started drinking.

The trouble is, very few people, even in the least provincial communities, seem to understand that the motive for fiction, or the impulse from which it arises, is a serious one. They think of fiction as having no value except that of amusing and passing the time; and so it is impossible for them to understand why it could not just as well be pleasant and pretty.