The other day I attended a lawyers’ luncheon and somehow the conversation got around to writing motions and briefs (no, I didn’t bring it up). One of the lawyers—a terrific trial lawyer—commented that she wished that she had time to revise her first drafts. She explained that most of her practice seemed to be fire control and once she got to the proverbial “Wherefore, upon these premises,” she was on to her next conflagration. Before I could open my mouth, the table began to chirp with all kinds of “writing” remarks: “Ah Gawd, revising? I don’t even know what the word means,” “Ha! Revise? Why would you want to revise something that nobody is ever going to read?” and on and on. Frankly, I…