jennifer_j_s (jennifer_j_s) wrote,

Rumpelstiltskin, Ernest Hemingway, and the first draft

Ernest Hemingway said, “The first draft of anything is always sh*it.” Only he didn’t use an asterisk.

But since I write for children, I prefer to think of the first draft as straw that can be spun into gold.
Tags: ernest hemingway, rumpelstiltskin, writing
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