Write it as fast as possible. Then rewrite it and rewrite the rewrite. The magic happens during the editing....
>>Write it as fast as possible. Then rewrite it and rewrite the rewrite. The magic happens during the editing....
That’s actually excellent advice. I do layered passes from a few sentence abstract. Same thing. It’s the last passes that get the magic in. Not as exciting as writing without the faintest idea where you’re going, but at least you know where you’ll eventually end up.
The other thing I remember was the feeling as I wrote the last few pages. I slowed down my writing because my instinct was that my whole world was about to change. And it did when I wrote the last word. Completely left the world I’d created and was never again able to enter it the same way. Tremendously sad feeling.
Thanks for that tip. I may apply it to the autobiography I finished the draft of last month.