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Thursday 17 February 2022

The Write Advice 163: KENT HARUF

 
After finishing the first draft, I work for as long as it takes (for two or three weeks, most often) to rework that first draft on a computer.  Usually that involves expansion: filling in and adding to, but trying not to lose the spontaneous, direct sound.  I use that first draft as a touchstone to make sure everything else in that section has the same sound, the same tone and impression of spontaneity. 
 
Interview (November 2000)
 
 
Use the link below to read a November 2014 interview with North American novelist KENT HARUF (1943–2014):

 
 
 
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