Georges Simenon 1963 · Échandens
Draft a chapter by hand
Afternoon · Estimated placement
Estimated by typical tue. 15:00 is an illustrative afternoon placement. No end time is inferred.Source timing: Afternoon.
“write in the afternoon one chapter by hand”
Short verbatim excerpt · Georges Simenon · conversation recorded by Gordon Young
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Simenon Talks with Ian Fleming
New Zealand Listener · 10 January 1964 · National Library of New Zealand, Papers Past
First instalment · final answer on drafting and retyping chapters
Passage: Final answer · two-session method
Timing & context
The next morning brings this chapter back to the typewriter.
He describes several writing methods. This calendar shows the one pairing afternoon handwriting with retyping the following morning. Garden walks are mentioned but have no timing cue, so are not plotted.
1963 dates the conversation reprinted in January 1964. This is his recurring method for some books, not a timetable for every novel.