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How much rewriting or revision do you typically do?

46 answers answered between 1932 and 2026 one of 3 in The Art of Fiction

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The Paris Review, to novelists and poets, The Art of Fiction

A recurring Art of Fiction craft question, sometimes asked about daily rewriting and sometimes about the number of drafts.

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Steve Jobs Co-founder and chief executive of Apple; co-founder of NeXT; chief executive of Pixar
We tried make something much more holistic and simple. When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop there. But if you keep going, and live with the problem and peel more layers of the onion off, you can oftentimes arrive at some very elegant and simple solutions. Most people just don't put in the time or energy to get there.
Recorded Steven Levy, Newsweek interview, 16 October 2006 source ↗

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