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"That isn't writing at all, it's typing." - Truman Capote on Kerouac's work. (I love Kerouac...)
by chairmansteve 9mo ago
"That isn't writing at all, it's typing."
- Truman Capote on Kerouac's work.
(I love Kerouac...)
- markstos 9mo agoCapote was right. Kerouac had been writing the book for years in notebooks. His first /typed/ draft took three weeks. https://thedailybeatblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/jack-kerouac-did-not-write-on-road-in-3.html https://thedailybeatblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/jack-kerouac-d... The anecdote was featured in the book Slow Productivity.