I just ran across this post on writing, via Progressive Geographies. One of the things I found worth noting was Simone de Beauvoir's comment that before she began writing she spent a half hour reading over what she wrote the day before. I guess this is just common sense, and maybe everyone who writes seriously does this out of habit, but since I tend to be impatient, over-eager to start producing when I sit down, I fail to practice this good habit more often than not.
Mark Purcell on writing - I do the "re-read yesterday's writing" thing first off, but sometimes end up spending most of the time adding, editing, cutting that, rather than forging ahead. But I do think it's invaluable as means of picking up the threads from what came before. That said, I rarely write in a simple linear fashion.
