🚀 go-pugleaf

This idea of not rewriting is fascinating as a possible exercise.  I have
had a couple of articles published, the first one two years ago, my first
ever (at age 47).  It was an exhausting process and I worked on it and rewrote
it multiple times.  I was very happy with the results and others, including
the editor, said so too (it even got translated into German and published 
in another magazine). But I realized that this was no way to run a railroad,
and it really was a strain on my family for me to spend so much time in front
of the word processor for such a long stretch.  Since then I have written a 
couple more and got two published.  I still take too much time, but I am 
improving.

As far as using Heinlein's rule, I wonder if anyone has ever tried it, with
the added twist that when you finish a piece, if it is not worth submitting,
then throw it away and start something new - don't submit it at all.
I admit this would be very hard to do, but the discipline might help one to
improve one's overall skills and productivity.  I would think also that the
act of throwing a piece away might help in detaching one's ego from the
work, something I find very difficult to do. 

Any takers?

Gerry Palo (73237.2006@compuserve.com)