Drafting

18 Nov 2017

I once asked my dad over email how to improve my the potency of my words and thoughts. His reply came back as one word: Revision. Good writing does not emerge spontaneously; it comes as one practices writing. A “draft” is a pass of writing a particular work. It’s like sketching in art: when an artist starts a painting, they usually start with a rough sketch outlining where the figures will be, what the landscape will be like, etc. ...