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Meg Waite Clayton

Author of the international bestsellers The Postmistress of Paris, The Last Train to London, and 6 other novels

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first drafts

August 5, 2011 By Meg Waite Clayton

Anne Tyler on 1st Drafts

"I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without a thought about publication - and only in the …

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July 11, 2011 By Meg Waite Clayton

First Draft!

Just finished a first draft of my new novel, and am reminded of the Hemingway saying re same: "First drafts are s#!t." Well, except he had a version of hello in …

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February 19, 2011 By Meg Waite Clayton

Hemingway on First Drafts

At the risk of using a four letter word here, one of my favorite quotes on writing, compliments of Ernest Hemingway: "The first draft of anything is shit." — …

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