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		patmcc on Dec 2, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What I learned from writing 750 words a day for 36... John Scalzi (well published sci-fi author) does one draft, with editing along the way. http://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/07/27/novel-writing-and-rela... Which isn't to say that's superior, just that it works for some writers.

wpietri on Dec 3, 2013 [–]

Interesting! Thanks. It sounds like a different take on the same rewriting-is-necessary principle, rather than slowly writing a perfect first draft.

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