The Samurai Editor

Josh Seiden says about editing one’s writing, and I quote verbatim (is there any other way?): when you are editing, you are a deadly samurai warrior. You slash writing to bits until only the good and pure and worthy words are left. But when you are writing, you...

How I (Almost) Wrote This

When in doubt, just write anything that comes to mind. I think that is one way to keep the pen moving. But is that an effective way to write? What about the quality? Don’t you want quality over quantity? This debate of effectiveness vs efficiency is a valid one....