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13. "RE: Writing process question"
In response to message #11
 
  
>Precisely. As I say in my eternally-unfinished guide for writers, "It
>is not the writing, but the re-writing, that is great". Or as Ernest
>Hemingway put it, "The first draft of everything is shit."

I'm not a big fan of that concept (although I may try it, since I'm in a fallow period anyway). Most of what I've written is 99% first draft, with only minor changes to tighten up dialogue and the like.

Mario


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