#on-writing

COMMANDMENTS

1. Work on one thing at a time until finished.


2. Start no more new books, add no more new material to ‘Black Spring.’


3. Don’t be nervous. Work calmly, joyously, recklessly on whatever is in hand.


4. Work according to Program and not according to mood. Stop at the appointed time!


5. When you can’t create you can work .


6. Cement a little every day, rather

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Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something — anything — down on paper. A friend of mine says that the first draft is the down draft — you just get it down. The second draft is the up draft — you fix it up. You try to say what you have to say more accurately. And the third... See more