Maybe other writers have perfect first drafts, but I am not one of them. I always try to get the book as tight as I can, but you reach a point as the author where you have lost all perspective.
From Sarah Dessen
I was born in 1970 in Illinois, but all the life I remember I've spent in Chapel Hill, N.C.
I can't sit and twiddle my thumbs. I have to start writing even if it's miserable some days.
If I had to pick, I'd say my favorite book is 'A Prayer For Owen Meany', by John Irving.
I really just love to read, period, whether it be books or magazines or the back of the cereal box. It's the one thing I can always count on to calm me down, take me away and inspire me, all at once.
I think part of the problem sometimes is that there's so much happening in my books, to whittle it down into a single script is hard.
I just started to put texting and phones in my books. I want my books to be read 20 years from now; I don't want them to be dated.
My books are so tame!
I'm really happy to have the chance to talk about the editing process. It's something that I think doesn't get the weight it deserves, especially with the rise of self-publishing.
You're not supposed to have it all figured out in high school. If you knew it all, and it was the best, it's all downhill from there.
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