The book really comes to life in the rewriting.
In my childhood I led the life of a sage, when I grew up I started climbing trees
I do not say correct or savory. I do not say seemly or even natural. I say serious. Sensationally serious. Unspeakably serious. Solemnly, recklessly, blissfully serious.
How easy life is when it's easy, and how hard when it's hard.
Being in the dark from sentence to sentence is what convinces me to go on.
When I have a first draft, I have a floor under my feet that I can walk on. And then, especially with the help of the computer, rewriting is so easy to do with the computer, much easier than it used to be with the typewriter. So the books go through numerous drafts.