Anne Tyler Quote

I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without a thought about publication - and only in the last draft to consider how the work will look from the outside.

A Patchwork Planet (ed. Ballantine Books, 2010) - ISBN: 9780307569912

I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without a thought about publication - and only...

I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without a thought about publication - and only...

I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without a thought about publication - and only...

I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without a thought about publication - and only...