222. Deborah Levy (writer) – it's those thoughts that are slightly awkward that need an airing
Think Again - a Big Think Podcast
How Do You Write a Permissive First Draft?
When i start to write a novel, i always write a very permissive first draft. I'm not the sort of writer who can write like, chapter one and then go on to chapter four. It takes me the longest to write the set up. The way i feel when i finish a book is how the reader's going to feel. So we're not talking thinking here, because all the thinking of bindanits folded into the book. You know, something of changes inside the writer by the time the book is finished. Is there ever a part of you that says, oki, ally making a lot more work for myself down the road when i have to put on the editing
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