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And remember, the first revision is never the final version.

Refine Refine Refine.

Yeah, good point. Only Kerouac wrote in one draft. And he was a liar.

Don't be afraid of the 10th revision. Don't get attached to that witty phrase. If it's wrong it's wrong.

William Faulkner claimed to have written "As I Lay Dying" in one draft over the course of 6 weeks.

He was almost certainly lying.