I like his habit of perfecting the work paragraph by paragraph. The orthodoxy, frequently spouted on Substack, of "the first draft is supposed to be hot garbage, just get it down then begin revising" is fine for some people but not everyone.
Yes! I found that interesting too, that he worked almost as slow as possible. I saw somewhere that he wrote his drafts with pen then typed the final draft on the typewriter. The work must've been pretty near 'perfect' by the time he got to the typewriter.
I like his habit of perfecting the work paragraph by paragraph. The orthodoxy, frequently spouted on Substack, of "the first draft is supposed to be hot garbage, just get it down then begin revising" is fine for some people but not everyone.
Yes! I found that interesting too, that he worked almost as slow as possible. I saw somewhere that he wrote his drafts with pen then typed the final draft on the typewriter. The work must've been pretty near 'perfect' by the time he got to the typewriter.