Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe S5E3P5

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Final part of Charlie Brooker's interviews with great writers




My notes on this section:

• 2nd and 3rd drafts are much easier. The first is the hardest. Some people do 20 drafts!
• A lot of what you write will be binned, but you have to ignore that.
• You have to re-write and re-write. You're honing it each time and making it sharper each time. 
• People don't seem to like writing!

Watching this reminded me of a great quote by Steven King. He said that 'with the first draft you are telling yourself the story, with the second, you are telling others'. Now I'm paraphrasing here - I don't know his quote directly, but it was a very useful thing to hear.