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Edits Quotes

Write like you're in love. Edit like you're in charge.

James Scott Bell (2016). “Just Write: Creating Unforgettable Fiction and a Rewarding Writing Life”, p.241, "F+W Media, Inc."

One of the advantages of being dead, I guess, is that somebody else can edit all this.

Hunter S. Thompson, Beef Torrey, Kevin Simonson (2008). “Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson”, p.121, Univ. Press of Mississippi

I write to find what I have to say. I edit to figure out how to say it right.

"What’s More Important to You: the Initial Rush of Prose or the Self-Editing and Revision That Come After It?". www.nytimes.com. March 24, 2015.

I don't fiddle or edit or change while I'm going through that first draft.

"Nora Roberts on her MacGregor Series". Interview with Linda Mowery, allaboutromance.com.