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Gearing up for the "Crap Draft"
The goal is to get the novel finished, more or less, by June 17.
As I mentioned previously, I don't expect to have anything readable by then, but I do plan to have something I can work with.
The term "crap draft" seems to fit. After all, Hemingway has been famously quoted as having said, "The first draft of anything is always shit."
(If anyone has an exact reference for that quote from his published work, I'd appreciate it.)
Well, if Hemingway's first drafts were shit, then my first drafts will be exponentially worse. Therefore, I am aiming quite low -- the crap draft.
This weekend, my goal is to review the Marshall Plan and begin setting up my templates. Starting Monday or Tuesday, the actual writing will begin!
As I mentioned previously, I don't expect to have anything readable by then, but I do plan to have something I can work with.
The term "crap draft" seems to fit. After all, Hemingway has been famously quoted as having said, "The first draft of anything is always shit."
(If anyone has an exact reference for that quote from his published work, I'd appreciate it.)
Well, if Hemingway's first drafts were shit, then my first drafts will be exponentially worse. Therefore, I am aiming quite low -- the crap draft.
This weekend, my goal is to review the Marshall Plan and begin setting up my templates. Starting Monday or Tuesday, the actual writing will begin!
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November 17, 2009 from 6:30pm to 8pm – The New York Public Library
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