Re: OT: Books on writing?

["M.W. Poirier" poirmw@xxxxxxxx]

 A simple but fundamental question seems in order here:
 Assuming that we are dealing with a subject of some
 conplexity, how does one know what one thinks about
 that subject until one gets it into the right words,
 which implies editing as one goes along, no?

 In short, logically writing comes before editing, but
 does it take place in that order experientially? Do the
 two not take place at the same time? Otherwise, how
 does one avoid producing pages and pages of murky prose
 needing so much revision that in the end one might as
 well start over from scratch.

 M. W. Poirier