Write something disturbing, go to jail. Apparently that’s what we’re teaching today’s high school students. Not counseling, not a “please see me after class.” No, up to thirty days in jail. Glad we’re not overreacting or anything.
Via Peter David.
Day: April 26, 2007
But it’s pure first draft, straight out of the head and onto the page, sort of like this blog. The important thing is moving forward, for me: editing, fixing, tidying, leaving stuff out, that’s all for when I put it onto the computer, that’s all for the second draft.
Yeah, that’s the thing I can never seem to get my brain to remember when I’m writing — that it should just be writing, not editing what I write.
Oh, and from what he describes of it, I’m sorry I decided to pass on Gaiman et al.’s panel and reading in Manhattan last night. It was actually just a few blocks from where I work, but I took the train home instead.