>pretty much, from what i've read, chandler didn't lot
specifically, it was
>a see where things went sorta thing... that's why his
plots weren't always
>so choerent.. it doesn't seem like he revised
much...
Actually, from what I remember reading, Chandler rewrote
everything, over
and over. I seem to remember reading that he sweated over his
first short
story for two years...His pace improved, but he was never a
prolific
writer, and he tended to recycle a lot of his short story
stuff for his
novels, although of course he revised it as well...
Maybe he just didn't care who killed the
chauffer...Chandler's
preoccupation was with style, anyway...
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