To Save a Draft

August 1, 2017

Save everything, she said. Everything. When your archive gets bought, they pay by the cubic foot.” Sarah Manguso in The New York Times about drafts in an era of digital writing. And while we’re on the subject , here’s what Ben FountainEmily St. John MandelEmma Straub and a passel of other writers have to say about writing that elusive first draft.

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