Writing Well

Your favorite authors' first drafts are bad too. The difference is they rewrite. This skill is the rewriting process, plus the two steps before it that decide whether there's anything worth rewriting.

Here's the whole framework in one line:

Writing quality = Novelty × Resonance

Novelty is an idea that's new and worthwhile. Resonance is how that idea takes root in a reader's mind. The first draft is for novelty. Every draft after it is for resonance.

The process