Something else I wrote five days ago along the same vein, but didn’t publish:
First and final drafts written on the Adler Tippa 1 manual typewriter
On keeping a journal (or something to that effect)
A project on the art, acts and technologies of writing, editing and publishing
Some great thoughts expressed here, unedited and raw! I admire some typewriter bloggers (like Vinnie McFeats) who seem to effortlessly write, corrections be damned.
Myself, I’m still in recovery from being an inveterate editor of my work. It’s like a disease. I’ve heard many artists and filmmakers have this same issue, they only quit tinkering when the work disgusts them and they’re tired of it.
And there’s the risk of over-editing. First thought, best thought.
I enjoyed this.
Thanks Joe. The editing process can be never-ending and very draining. I’ve written a lot of things that I’m not publishing here. Making these drafts public can make one feel very vulnerable. I’ll see how it goes, I might do more of this here.