Yeah, the metaphor I always liked is that unlike sculpture (where if you slip, you break off an arm), writing's more like clay on a potter's wheel. You take a smidgen off, you put more clay on, you shape it and play with it.
But you don't get anywhere until you put clay on the wheel.
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Re: they call it a draft because it is full of holes
Date: 2004-08-20 05:04 am (UTC)But you don't get anywhere until you put clay on the wheel.