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There's a funny story in one of his essays where he's talking to Heinlein about this strange habit other writers have of endlessly redrafting. "I just write do
by iainmerrick 3y ago
There's a funny story in one of his essays where he's talking to Heinlein about this strange habit other writers have of endlessly redrafting.
"I just write down the first draft, read it through from start to finish and write up the second draft, and that's it," Asimov says.
"What's the second draft for?" Heinlein says.
- the_af 3y agoThis seems in contrast to Borges, who was never done with corrections and redrafting, going as far as to buy back an edition of a book already in print so that he could make additional corrections (or so the story goes...). Anyway, I'm a fan of Asimov.
- lainga 3y agoOne supposes Borges was able to arrive at the final copy by alternately holding up the first and second drafts in any predefined pattern he wanted...
- knodi123 3y agosee also: George Lucas "fixing" the star wars movies and making the originals impossible to find.
- olddustytrail 3y agoHave you ever seen the first draft of Star Wars? It's pretty bad.
- mikhailfranco 3y agoI'm a fan of Borges.