Rewrite Quotes

Writing a first draft is like groping one's way into a dark room, or overhearing a faint conversation, or telling a joke whose punchline you've forgotten. As someone said, one writes mainly to rewrite, for rewriting and revising are how one's mind comes to inhabit the material fully.

You can rewrite your personal story!

We must rewrite our story from one of fear to one of celebration.

You don’t rewrite it, censor it, or edit it, to suit some warped view you have of the past and your own present.

V.T. Davy

Trying to rewrite the past was a child's game, a pointless, ridiculous child's game no one ever won.

Sabrina Jeffries

Write like you speak with the 'rhythms of human speech,' as William Zinsser said, and in as few words as possible. Use action verbs to carry water.

Rebels revel in rewriting reality's restrictions.

If we don’t manage to connect the dots anymore and the power of our imagination is creaking at the seams, in a world of withering expectations, we have to rewrite the script of our life. ("Into a new life")

Erik Pevernagie

You are the author of your own life story. You have the leading role and get to determine how you interact with your supporting cast and other characters. Without realizing it, you may have allowed the events in your life to write your story for you rather than taking deliberate action to write it in your own voice. What will it take to love your life story to create the happy endings you desire?