Lines in the Sand: Six tips on writing from John Steinbeck
- Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages, and write just one page for each day, it helps. Then, when it gets finished, you are always surprised.
- Write as freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until…
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Write as freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite in process is usually found to be an excuse for not going on. It also interferes with flow and rhythm which can only come from a kind of unconscious association with the material.
