I have been quoted as saying, “It’s first draft. Why would I want to read it?” Even as I counsel high school students in crafting their prose, keep a regular blog, and do my freelance work, I am reminded of and humbled by the appalling state of my first drafts. Here’s a quote I came across today, reading my NaNoWriMo novel from 2011:
Peter grabbed the nearest heavy blunt object: a candlestick that rested tastefully upon a small end table until Peter seized it in his manly hand and hurled it across the room at Laranha. The heavy iron table setting flew through the air at a hurried rate— Peter had always been proud of his throwing arm.
Don’t you wish that all novels were written with this kind of mellifluous style?
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