Georges Simenon 1963 · Échandens
Retype yesterday’s chapter
06:00 · Start only
“I rewrite it on the typewriter”
Short verbatim excerpt · Georges Simenon · conversation recorded by Gordon Young
Open the original for the surrounding passage.
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 morning start is explicit; the session’s length is not supplied.
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.