I had a boss who was a very good programmer and a writer. He used to spend hours just writing the table of contents, hours. Once he is satisfied, he will finish

I had a boss who was a very good programmer and a writer. He used to spend hours just writing the table of contents, hours. Once he is satisfied, he will finish writing the actual text very, very fast. While he would write and rewrite ToC multiple times, he rarely edited the actual content, no matter how long it was. I suppose different strategies work for different people