You should wait until the book is finished before making a judgment on its content. By the time you have gone through twenty drafts, the characters may have developed lives of their own, completely separate from the people you based them on in the beginning. And even if someone, at some time, gets upset with your words - so what? Live your life, sing your song. Anyone who loves you will want you to have that.


This Year You Write Your Novel (ed. Little, Brown, 2009) - ISBN: 9780316040433

Walter Mosley Quotes

You should wait until the book is finished before making a judgment on its content. By the time you have gone through twenty drafts, the characters...

You should wait until the book is finished before making a judgment on its content. By the time you have gone through twenty drafts, the characters...

You should wait until the book is finished before making a judgment on its content. By the time you have gone through twenty drafts, the characters...

You should wait until the book is finished before making a judgment on its content. By the time you have gone through twenty drafts, the characters...