David Milch’s disembodied writing process

This was a great piece! He really writes in a room with a group of people. He avoids writing alone because there is too much time to fuck around and do nothing, surf the net in today's terms. That is so true. I love working at home alone, but at times I'll get stuck for days, messing around, accomplishing nothing.

Then boom, it hits me and I'm back doing great work. Or at least doing some more "useful and productive" work.

Funnily enough, I wrote a tool to dictate books that seems very similar to this [1]. I was inspired to make it by an episode of Columbo, though. I wonder if David Milch also took inspiration from the same episode [2].

[1]: https://orderly.cmgriffing.com/ [2]: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066932/

Happy to hear David Milch found his routine.

I discovered during pandemic that I am also someone who does not work as effectively locked up alone in a room versus working with others in real time.

loved his book

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/books/review/david-milch-...

Some endeavours are a lot easier if you can pay a team of people to help you.

But sometimes it matters to do all the hard work yourself. In the UK we had a popular left-wing politician and he wrote many books about class struggle and worker solidarity. However, he lived in his mansion and had a team of people. He just had to put down his cup of tea and dictate whatever was on his mind for one of his staff to get it typed up and edited.

Lucky for him. However, he was somewhat removed from the situation of the writer that has the bailiffs coming to evict him, the bank sending him nasty letters and a lung infection from the mould growing on the damp walls of his dwelling.

It all depends on what you are writing, however, I think that less is more if you are to write in words that reach an audience that lacks the privileges you have.