> This somewhat conflicts with Asimov's own style of writing (which he talked about in at least one of his three memoirs, as well as other places), which was ef

> This somewhat conflicts with Asimov's own style of writing (which he talked about in at least one of his three memoirs, as well as other places), which was effectively to write the final draft the first time. He also claimed that he didn't need prepare his speeches, and that he managed to fit them in the given time frame up to the minute without watching at the clock. If he really had that capability, you must imagine him being able to keep in head "the plan" and follow it, not only with which material he will "fill the space" but also how many words he will spend on which part, which would explain his ability to write "mostly right the first time." But reading his memoirs also shows that he confirms that it was much faster for him to write non-fiction than fiction books. Good fiction was significantly harder to "get it right" even for him. It is also true that, in the science fiction genre, he wrote primarily short stories for a while, first selling them one-by-one. So he had a lot of the possibility to "learn by doing" and from the feedback. He even had his own cataloging system for everything he wrote, which wasn't computerized by based on cards, and he claimed it to be better for him than the computerized solutions, he gave one of book to be processed by some external company using the computer technology and was not satisfied.