For me, quite often that “sadistic bastard” is myself. I won’t rewrite unless I’m not happy with something about the original draft. But when I do, the second draft is almost always better.
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Anne Lamont gave the world permission to write a shitty first draft. Nobody’s out there extolling the virtues of the shitty second draft.
aug 24, 2025, 2:21 pm • 1 0 • view
Heinlein once offered the advice to never do rewrites. He was wrong.
aug 24, 2025, 3:29 pm • 0 0 • view
Well that’s insane.
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