A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.

What these subjects mean

taste Whether good and bad exist in made things, and how a maker comes to tell them apart.

writing Prose as thinking: writing well, writing by hand while a model offers to do it, and who will still be able to.

A private bookmark. Not a position, and never counted.

What George Saunders actually said

Word for word, with the source under each one. They did not write this page.

Do you hold this korrent?Do you also believe this?

Our reading — they may agree, disagree or merely touch the same thing. Closest first: a shared subject counts for most, then how near the wording is.