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Why I am not a novelist in one word.
Rewrites.
Waddaya mean, rewrite? Rework bits as I go, yes, a hundred times if necessary: an excellent way of getting into the mood to write the next bit. Edit as I go, edit after I've gone, most certainly-- I write to edit as Kurosawa shot to edit. But start from the beginning and do huge chunks all over again, if not actually write the whole thing a second time from scratch? No way, man. What's written is written, and if it doesn't work as written, tough. Maybe the next story will.
Rewrites.
Waddaya mean, rewrite? Rework bits as I go, yes, a hundred times if necessary: an excellent way of getting into the mood to write the next bit. Edit as I go, edit after I've gone, most certainly-- I write to edit as Kurosawa shot to edit. But start from the beginning and do huge chunks all over again, if not actually write the whole thing a second time from scratch? No way, man. What's written is written, and if it doesn't work as written, tough. Maybe the next story will.