Once I have a book in my head, I write progressive drafts fast and obsessively and have trouble sleeping. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes book draft fast
I write while listening to music, mostly because the world beyond my headphones is too chaotic. Dean Bakopoulos chaoticheadphonelisten Change image and share on social
Music - which I could never listen to while writing before I had children - became essential to my process. Dean Bakopoulos childessentiallisten Change image and share on social
People are used to juggling multiple jobs and multiple responsibilities and multiple things on the home front, and sometimes you get a day off to read, and you just want a book that feels complete and that you can get through it on a rainy day on the couch. Dean Bakopoulos bookcompletecouch share on social
In the final analysis, it is your decision to make, but it doesn't move as fast as I'd like it to move. Alphonso Jackson analysisdecisionfast Change image and share on social
Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle. Mike Tyson beginbookcycle Change image and share on social
It's funny because you know the novel process: you get the drafts, you get the galley, and then you get the galley proofs. You have opportunities to change things all along. But the further along in the process you go, the more careful you have to be in making those changes, and the smaller the changes have to be. Greg Rucka carefulchangedraft share on social