Quotes – Susan Uhlig

Writing without revising is the literary equivalent of waltzing gaily out of the house in your underwear.
Patricia Fuller

Writing without revising is

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.
Maya Angelou

…the harder you make it on your hero, the easier it is for your reader to get behind them.
Jessica Brody

I’m writing a first draft and reminding myself that I’m simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.
Shannon Hale

The right details plunk us down inside a story and put us in our characters shoes.
Gail Carson Levine