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Patrick is huge on word count and just writing complete dogshit, while taking up precious time to research mundane facts that no one cares about (they're mostly trivial and not germane to the story).
Writers worth a shit will tell you that writing is done in the editing. Patrick deplored that part because he thinks that everything he writes is good to go on the first or second draft. Keep on mind, he hasn't finished his Tiny Tim horseshit. So he's really on his first draft (I doubt he is editing as he goes- he would definitely mention it).
Anyway, Pat fucking sucks and it's fucking insane that he was gifted a writing career and he fucking pissed it away.
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Use Stephen King’s 10% Rule to Have a Sharply Edited Piece
Almost all writers know finishing a piece isn’t only about writing but in fact, mostly editing it. An established writer uses his/her time to edit his/her piece a lot more than writing it. A lot of remaking and adjusting happens in the process of coming up with a clear, concise product.
When you write, you splurge out all of your thoughts on the paper or screen to not give them the chance to fly away from your mind; and when you edit, you rearrange all the misspellings, misconceptions, and the jumbles of words written hastily out of fear, to prevent them from vanishing after a few seconds.
You cut out some parts, shorten the sentences, sharpen the piece up. You laugh at the silliness of your expressions from your previous draft. You manage to do these by letting the draft sit, and check, sit, and check again.
The consensus is, editing is crucial, and a writer should spend more time on it than writing. It doesn’t matter if you think you are too careful, or you are an experienced writer, even the most blatant mistakes will be invisible to you in the first draft.
writingcooperative.com
Writers worth a shit will tell you that writing is done in the editing. Patrick deplored that part because he thinks that everything he writes is good to go on the first or second draft. Keep on mind, he hasn't finished his Tiny Tim horseshit. So he's really on his first draft (I doubt he is editing as he goes- he would definitely mention it).
Anyway, Pat fucking sucks and it's fucking insane that he was gifted a writing career and he fucking pissed it away.
Excerpt:
Use Stephen King’s 10% Rule to Have a Sharply Edited Piece
Editing is the most crucial part of writing
Almost all writers know finishing a piece isn’t only about writing but in fact, mostly editing it. An established writer uses his/her time to edit his/her piece a lot more than writing it. A lot of remaking and adjusting happens in the process of coming up with a clear, concise product.
When you write, you splurge out all of your thoughts on the paper or screen to not give them the chance to fly away from your mind; and when you edit, you rearrange all the misspellings, misconceptions, and the jumbles of words written hastily out of fear, to prevent them from vanishing after a few seconds.
You cut out some parts, shorten the sentences, sharpen the piece up. You laugh at the silliness of your expressions from your previous draft. You manage to do these by letting the draft sit, and check, sit, and check again.
The consensus is, editing is crucial, and a writer should spend more time on it than writing. It doesn’t matter if you think you are too careful, or you are an experienced writer, even the most blatant mistakes will be invisible to you in the first draft.
Use Stephen Kingâs 10% Rule to Have a Sharply Edited Piece
Editing is the most crucial part of writing
writingcooperative.com
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