Five Great Quotations about Revising

“Easy writing makes hard reading.” - Ernest Hemingway

“I think of rounds of editing as hammer time. Then, when they interrupt my writing, I can say... *shakes head* Nah, I just can't do it. Although when I come across a brilliant line, I do think, Can't touch this. And when I'm worried I'm overwriting a scene, I think, Hammer, don't hurt 'em.” - Brent Weeks

“Be grateful for every word you can cut.” - William Zinsser

“Writing is really rewriting - making the story better, clearer, truer.” - Robert Lipsyte

“What I had to face, the very bitter lesson that everyone who wants to write has got to learn, was that a thing may in itself be the finest piece of writing one has ever done, and yet have absolutely no place in the manuscript one hopes to publish.” - Thomas Wolfe

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