I like to edit my sentences as I write them. I rearrange a sentence many times before moving on to the next one. For me, that editing process feels like a form of play, like a puzzle that needs solving, and it’s one of the most satisfying parts of writing.

Walker describes a composing method in which drafting and revising are inseparable: she “edits” in real time, repeatedly reshaping a sentence before proceeding. The comparison to play and puzzle-solving frames style not as ornament but as an intellectual and sensory problem—finding the most precise rhythm, emphasis, and clarity. The quote also pushes back against the idea that revision is merely corrective drudgery; for her it is a primary source of pleasure and momentum. Implicitly, it suggests a craft ethic: meaning emerges through iteration, and satisfaction comes from the micro-decisions of syntax and word choice that make prose feel inevitable.