Writers Should Probably Be Called Rewriters

Rewriting is what we spend most of our time doing. And it's one of my favourite parts of the writing process.

Jun 27, 2024

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I’m going on vacation to Japan next week, which I’m really looking forward to, having not been to Japan since 1994—I bet it’s changed a lot! Once I’m home and the kids return to school, I have to sit down and start redrafting my 2026 book. I have a first draft that’s messy, gappy, and occasionally—I hope!—not too bad. But I need to transform it from a m…

Writers Should Probably Be Called Rewriters

Rewriting is what we spend most of our time doing. And it's one of my favourite parts of the writing process.

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