Advice From a Master
Most attorneys write client alerts and such in this fashion: the first draft is the final draft.
Here’s what one famous writer had to say of first drafts:
“The first draft of anything is shit.”
More advice from the same writer:
“I write one page of masterpiece to ninety one pages of shit. I try to put the shit in the wastebasket.”
And now some attorney is wondering, “who cares what one famous writer had to say? Writing client alerts and such is a far cry from writing a novel.”
Obviously!
Still, whether they’re writing client alerts or novels, amicus briefs or sales pitches, the best writers are those who are willing to murder their darlings.
