And You Thought Your Revision Process Was Tough

John Irving explains to The Globe and Mail why he's completely rewriting a novel he just sold to Random House four months ago:

"I don't normally like the first-person voice and I can't even remember what rationale led me to think this had to be a first-person novel, but for the five years I've been writing it, it was. And just one morning I woke up and thought: 'Shit. It's not right.' And it's already bought, you know? And I said: 'Well, too bad.' "