Asimov's writing process

I found this shared by the moderator of r/asimov sub-reddit. This gives a great insight into working style of the great explainer, Issac Asimov. This was a common pattern for him, as he got more into writing non-fiction: he would research whatever he needed to for the book he was currently writing, as he was writing it. His talent wasn’t so much in knowing the material he wrote about, as in explaining it to non-experts. He liked to share an anecdote about when he was writing another book, ‘Words of Science’. Someone saw him writing, with a dictionary beside him as a source, and said, “You’re just copying the stuff out of the dictionary.” Asimov replied, “You’re right. If you like, I’ll give you the dictionary and you write the book. It’s just copying, and then you can get the royalties.” The other person didn’t take up Asimov’s offer! What I contribute to my books are (1) ease and clarity of style, (2) sensible and logical order of presentation, and (3) apt and original metaphors,…