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Depends. There's a saying that 'the second draft is where you make it look like you knew what you were doing the whole time'. 'Discovery writing' is very common
by SuoDuanDao 5y ago
Depends. There's a saying that 'the second draft is where you make it look like you knew what you were doing the whole time'. 'Discovery writing' is very common and many of the best authors - Niel Gaimen comes to mind - write that way. Maybe you just don't want to see how the sausage is made?
I will say based on my own experience writing a book: ideas you can understand without writing a book either don't warrant a book or probably have a perfectly good book written about them already.
- waqf 5y ago> 'the second draft is where you make it look like you knew what you were doing the whole time' That's why I qualified with "even during the later stages". It seemed to me that OP implied that the book would be completely finalised for publication without the author having gained the required perspective on their ideas. And that would surely defeat the object, since their insight wouldn't make it into the book; otherwise, I agree with your point.
- SuoDuanDao 5y agoahh, I understand. Yeah, the back of the book blurb is basically an elevator pitch. I did write it last and it did change my perspective, but not really on the work itself - more on how I could make it relateable.