
The Stupendous Assets of Slow Writing
With slow writing, you rouse that inner editor, you even get him a cup of coffee, because now it’s his turn to go carefully over each word, sentence, paragraph, and chapter.
With slow writing, you rouse that inner editor, you even get him a cup of coffee, because now it’s his turn to go carefully over each word, sentence, paragraph, and chapter.
Most writers know that writing is about 10 percent drafting and 90 percent revision. In Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott practically institutionalized revision in her chapter “Sh*tty First Drafts.” She writes, “The first draft is the child’s draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place, knowing that no one is going …