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The longer I write, the more important I believe it is to write the first draft as fast as possible. In drafting, I push myself so I am at the edge of discomfort...Later, it will be time for consideration and reconsideration, slow, careful revision and editing. But on the first draft I have to achieve velocity, just as you do if you want the bike to balance.

Donald Murray

Process can not be inferred from product any more than a pig can be inferred from a sausage.

Donald Murray

Donald Murray

Donald Murray

Died: December 30, 2006

Bio: Donald Morison Murray was a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and long-time teacher. He wrote for many journals, authored several books on the art of writing and teaching, and served as writing coach for several national newspapers.

Known for:

A writer teaches writing (1968)
The craft of revision (1991)
Write to learn (1984)
Crafting a life in essay, story, poem (1996)

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