That plan was rewritten until it was acceptable to the teachers' unions.
Michael Holroyd: What I really like is rewriting, but you cannot rewrite until you've already written, and that is terrible.
None of her subsequent novels has come as quickly as Watermelon, and she rewrites and rewrites until she's happy.
When he starts work on one, he says, "I have to write, and then rewrite, until the images come.
Anything of mine will have been rewritten until it squeaks before anyone else has to put up with it.
I work straight through to produce a first draft, and then I rewrite until it feels as if it had been written in English.
A more plausible analogy for the architect is with the screenwriter, whose work is rewritten until everything that made it distinctive has dissolved under layer upon layer of mush.
Every book could be rewritten and rewritten until the end of time.
If the audience doesn't respond, the writers simply let it go and rewrite until we do have a response.
Look over your work and rewrite, and rewrite, and rewrite until your head hurts and your wrist cramps up at least twice!
