OUCH! NABOKOV’S POLISH

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“I have rewritten — often several times — every word I have ever published,” Vladimir Nabokov says in his book, Strong Opinions.  I can’t resist the thought that this is a piece of Nabokovian extravaganza. Not every word, surely? Still, it’s quite an eye-opener that some of the smoothest writing in modern literature should be so much less spontaneous — and so much harder work —  than it looks. It’s a lesson to young writers not to throw away that first draft in frustration. If you rewrite every word — several times — it might turn into another Lolita. 

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