Post #2370648
2026-03-21 21:34 UTC
It’s paradoxical and someone looking at the paintings might thing the one done last was the initial sketch. Typing this, I realize this is an exact corollary to my writing process. Long, wordy, detailed first drafts with messy structure. Each draft simpler and more organized.
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@dys_morphia@sfba.social 2026-03-21 21:34
Final drafts, the ones I’m most pleased with, so simple and easy it seems like I just thought of them spontaneously. And indeed I often do. I write pages and pages. Then I revise. Then I throw it all away and “spontaneously” produce the perfect text.
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@dys_morphia@sfba.social 2026-03-21 21:34
Anytime someone asks how to write faster I’m like I have no fucking clue. I am incredibly slow. I have never found a way to be faster. I have got better though. My first drafts are still generally bad, though I can imagine my bad draft could be another person’s good enough draft.