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It's A Colloquialism Among Writers Anne Lamott in Bird by Bird (amazon link), has an entire section named, Shi**y First Drafts. That's where the idea originally got traction. The better way to s...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T06:20:14Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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raddevus
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2019-12-08T06:20:14Z (over 4 years ago)
**It's A Colloquialism Among Writers** Anne Lamott in [Bird by Bird (amazon link)](http://amzn.to/2pB6G8P), has an entire section named, Shi\*\*y First Drafts. That's where the idea originally got traction. The better way to state this might be: > Writers Must Edit or Maybe consider what **Truman Capote** said when referring to Jack Kerouac's writing: > "That's not writing, that's typing" **Don't type, write!** Amateur writers believe that writing is simply sitting down and writing. It is. For the first draft. However, real writing for public consumption is : Rewriting There. We created another good aphorism for writers: > **Real Writing Is ReWriting**
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2017-04-14T15:11:27Z (about 7 years ago)
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