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BENFORD

   
A good example of working bottoms up,             
might be the way Gregory Benford was
writing stories back in the mid 70s.                               
The novel _In The Ocean of Night_,                                 
was written in many pieces.  It was                                
cobbled together from some short                                   
stories that probably were intended                                
to stand alone originally, but also                                
there were some pieces that were                                   
probably written with the novel in                                 
mind that were published with
prefunctory false endings that were
later deleted.
              
Benford is an excellent example of           BEYOND
a highly productive man, working 
full time as a physicist at UC Irvine, 
while also writing stories, while also 
doing a number of other things.  

When asked how he does it, he 
recommends getting in the habit of         
dealing with things immediately.           
When you read a letter, you should           When I try to apply this 
write the response immediately               rule, I wind up carrying 
while the letter is in your hand.            around un-opened letters 
                                             for weeks, waiting for a 
                                             moment to read them when 
                                             I'll have time to reply. 


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