“Typesetting is like film cutting. The disciplilne of typesetting and printing is good for the writer.”
—Anais Nin, The Diary of Anais Nin, Volume Three, 1939-1944, 1969.
Typesetting is like film cutting
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Anais Nin’s point is extraordinarily true. Over the last several years, I have composed and typeset simultaneously. It’s gotten to the point that I can’t think in terms of a separate rough draft in, for example, a Microsoft Word document. Every one of my drafts is in the form of a polished presentation. I simply polish as I go, instead of as a final step.