Rolling In The Deep* – Famous Writers On Revising As They Go.

Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on Pexels.com Last week, we looked at the writing method of completing a first draft quickly, without looking back. This is a great way of getting out of your own head, but it is far from being the only way to write. Many great writers choose to write in another way: …

Don’t Look Back: Famous Writers On Drafting First.

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com “Don’t look back until you’ve written an entire draft, just begin each day from the last sentence you wrote the preceding day. This prevents those cringing feelings, and means that you have a substantial body of work before you get down to the real work which is all in …

At Least It’s Not Brain Surgery – Famous Writers On The Joy Of Revision.

Photo by Magda Ehlers on Pexels.com “The greatest pleasure in writing is rewriting. My early drafts are always wretched… Revision takes time, a pleasing long process… Because of multiple drafts I have been accused of self-discipline. Really I am self-indulgent, I cherish revising so much.”Donald Hall Um, what? As we’ve already established, the rewriting struggle …

You Are Not Alone. Famous Writers on the Struggle of Revision

Photo by Steve Johnson on Pexels.com Interviewer: How much rewriting do you do?Hemingway: It depends. I rewrote the ending of Farewell to Arms, the last page of it, thirty-nine times before I was satisfied.Interviewer: Was there some technical problem there? What was it that had stumped you?Hemingway: Getting the words right.-Ernest Hemingway Getting. The words. …