For ambitious creative pursuits in literature one could possibly very well likely be making a wise, smart choice in choosing to wait a long time between writing a first or early draft of a literary art work and crafting either the next or final draft.
Even to wait a decade!
Or, alternatively, however, one could instead simply create a first draft and write the next or final drafts quickly after but write these next drafts each anew and all from scratch, without consulting the original draft(s).
Such a practice in creating a literary project anew can work even greater wonders than to wait, say, days, weeks, or months between undertaking a first attempt at a particular project and undertaking the next attempt(s) or final versions or drafts.
And that practice is even much more effective than to just craft a new draft by working off of and revising from a previous one.
So, might there possibly be any similar or analogous ways to accomplish ambitious projects more quickly or efficiently in other kinds of realms outside of creating literary art? Or perhaps any NON-similar approaches that might work effectively in any other endeavors? That are rarely practiced?
How about a man or woman who manages some day to begin excelling at some endeavor or who maybe invents something but who pursues either of these non-publicly and never reveals even that he or she has eventually done so well at the pursuit? Maybe, even without getting any constructive criticism or feedback along the way? So that no one else will know?
Could there be motives for why one should keep achievements discrete? Or so discrete? Is that kind of thing very rare?
Are these questions or scenarios useful at all even to think about for any reason?
Another great anecdote from PGA Tour pro Scottie Scheffler. This hit me like a ton of bricks.
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/scottie-scheffler-struggle-hope/
For ambitious creative pursuits in literature one could possibly very well likely be making a wise, smart choice in choosing to wait a long time between writing a first or early draft of a literary art work and crafting either the next or final draft.
Even to wait a decade!
Or, alternatively, however, one could instead simply create a first draft and write the next or final drafts quickly after but write these next drafts each anew and all from scratch, without consulting the original draft(s).
Such a practice in creating a literary project anew can work even greater wonders than to wait, say, days, weeks, or months between undertaking a first attempt at a particular project and undertaking the next attempt(s) or final versions or drafts.
And that practice is even much more effective than to just craft a new draft by working off of and revising from a previous one.
So, might there possibly be any similar or analogous ways to accomplish ambitious projects more quickly or efficiently in other kinds of realms outside of creating literary art? Or perhaps any NON-similar approaches that might work effectively in any other endeavors? That are rarely practiced?
Something else to consider:
How about a man or woman who manages some day to begin excelling at some endeavor or who maybe invents something but who pursues either of these non-publicly and never reveals even that he or she has eventually done so well at the pursuit? Maybe, even without getting any constructive criticism or feedback along the way? So that no one else will know?
Could there be motives for why one should keep achievements discrete? Or so discrete? Is that kind of thing very rare?
Are these questions or scenarios useful at all even to think about for any reason?