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Writing

Chan790

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5. Yeah, the only other way is to be James Joyce...

Reply to Neoma (Original post)

Tue Jan 17, 2012, 12:46 PM

Jan 2012

and write an average of <100 words a day, all of them agonized and deeply-considered. He also refused to ever look upon or edit the previous days' writing.

People say "How could Joyce only write one draft?" I shudder to think if anything would have gone to press if he'd written two.

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Things I learned this past week about writing. [View all] Neoma Jan 2012 OP

I had a writing teacher that always called the first draft geardaddy Jan 2012 #1

I'm still suffering in the dreck draft stage. Neoma Jan 2012 #2

Don't give up. geardaddy Jan 2012 #3

I don't do that any more. Neoma Jan 2012 #4

Well, that sucks. geardaddy Jan 2012 #7

Eh, I was talking about the writers group. Neoma Jan 2012 #8

You need to find a new writers group, then. geardaddy Jan 2012 #9

Oh I don't know about that. Neoma Jan 2012 #10

Yeah, the only other way is to be James Joyce... Chan790 Jan 2012 #5

Or Ray Bradbury's Farenhiet 451 Neoma Jan 2012 #6

My typical problem is having a great start and a great finish, but nothing in between. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #11

I have writen several short stroies and have the equivilent of three and a half books... WCGreen Jan 2012 #12

In my opinion you also cannot SheilaT Jan 2012 #13

The hardest part for me has always been getting the 1st draft done... Fearless Jan 2012 #14