A Pile of Words

". . . you may believe that words committed to paper are sacred, fixed, immutable. But you’re not dealing with a finished, printed, copyrighted book, only with an idea, a pile of words that will change many times before they take shape as a book."
—Dorothy Bryant*

Etching, bookplate, Dresser-Reynier
Courtesy Pratt Institute Libraries

*From The Writer’s Digest’s Handbook of Novel Writing via Beth Hill on The Editor's Blog