{"id":43144,"date":"2025-06-23T06:30:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T18:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=43144"},"modified":"2025-06-18T21:12:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T09:12:42","slug":"a-wall-4-relevant-writing-quote-from-darcy-pattison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2025\/06\/23\/a-wall-4-relevant-writing-quote-from-darcy-pattison\/","title":{"rendered":"A WALL #4-Relevant Writing Quote from Darcy Pattison"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The function of the first draft is to help you figure out your story. The function of every draft after that is to figure out the most dramatic way to tell that story.”<\/span><\/h3>\n

~ Darcy Pattison<\/span><\/p>\n

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Darcy Pattison is a US children’s author and publisher, whose work has been translated into nine languages. You can find out more about Darcy, and her work, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As for why this quote today, having just said “done”<\/a> to the first half of the WALL finale, it does<\/em> seem relevant. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Particularly as it’s spot on in terms of the wip to date. That first go-to-whoa draft was indeed about getting a loop over the wild, rambunctious, and (not infrequently) downright cantankerous story, even though I knew the overall trajectory from the outset.<\/p>\n

The subsequent time has absolutely been about getting the material into a form that ensures the story is being shared in its truest, best, and — I hope and trust — most dramatic form.<\/p>\n

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