700
As if right now, I have made 700 first drafts of my latest novel.
That number is no doubt inflated. I save my work as a separate ‘draft’ when I make any change, even minor ones, in case I feel the urge to return to a previous wording of a scene. But, still, draft 01 is dated February 2006. I am not sure why this project is taking so much longer than my others. I went from first to final draft in NULL-A CONTINUUM in seven months. THE GOLDEN AGE from start to finish took only about nine months.
About John C Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.
