Revision means throwing out the boring crap and making what’s left sound natural.
Laurie Halse AndersonWe held hands when we walked down the gingerbread path into the forest, blood dripping from our fingers. We danced with witches and kissed monsters. We turned us into wintergirls, when she tried to leave, I pulled her back into the snow because I was afraid to be alone.
Laurie Halse AndersonThey say they have noticed me drawing. I almost tell them right then and there. They noticed.
Laurie Halse AndersonI scared myself, because once you've thought long and hard enough about doing something that is colossally stupid, you feel like you've actually done it, and then you're never quite sure what your limits are.
Laurie Halse Anderson