The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Within reason, I can write what I like and spend as long doing it as is necessary. That is a luxury beyond price.
I tend to write some, then outline some, then delete some, then go back and rewrite some. I love revising and hate first drafts. I have to wear bedroom slippers. My current favorites come from the Zetter Hotel in London. They have little tobacco pipes on the toes.
When I started earning money from screen-writing, for a long time my only indulgences were books.
I love drafting like I love eating ice cream or having sex; I love revising like I love doing logic puzzles; I love line-editing like I love perfectly organizing a bookshelf; I hate reviewing copyedits and the second round of proofreading because, by then, I'm getting pretty tired of my own words. They all have their own challenges, though.
I opted for a freelance writing career. I was lucky enough to have the means to do it.
I had to get into a place for myself of thinking what I would create for myself if I didn't have to worry about making money.
I've turned down lots and lots of work. Things that could have made me some money.
I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day; it's amazing to have that time, and I feel very lucky.
Since I quit banking, all my major life decisions, when they could, have revolved around writing.
The bottom line is that I like my first drafts to be blind, unconscious, messy efforts; that's what gets me the best material.
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