I write by hand, making many, many corrections. I would say I cross out more than I write. I have to hunt for words when I speak, and I have the same difficulty when writing.
Give me a fruitful error anytime, full of seeds, bursting with its own corrections.
I've always written by hand. Mostly with a fountain pen, but sometimes with a pencil - especially for corrections.
Discover the times when you're most creative - mornings, nights, afternoons - and clear the time to work then. Many writers find the mornings are best, and the afternoons are only good for editorial corrections, or getting the washing done. Others can only work through the night, drunk.
I love to read. And right now I'm on my last hundred pages of 'The Corrections' by Jonathan Franzen, and I really enjoyed it. His writing is just - he's one of those writers where you just go, 'There are people just meant to be novel writers.'
Stock market corrections, although painful at the time, are actually a very healthy part of the whole mechanism, because there are always speculative excesses that develop, particularly during the long bull market.
I read what I write over and over and make corrections and improvements, until I reach the conclusion that the material deserves to stand on its own.
Be always lavish of your caresses, and sparing in your corrections.
We never let go. Ever. Even with punctuation. It's frightening. I can't see anyone from any record company ever writing an email to Neil and not getting it back, with corrections.
I think transportation and corrections are not the first two areas that I would go looking for massive change.