Gradualism

During guided reading of The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, in other detective novels encountered along the way, in Steve Allen's Murder on the Glitter Box, how nice to encounter the following in the narrative - Steve Allen is tied up in a wine closet, the line is like this: I struggled to loosen the knots on my wrists, struggled, struggled, gave up. Rested, then started again... To me to have the gradualism reaffirmed - Yes, Never Give Up has a point, but in the story, Steve Allen knew when to rest.

Steve Allen needed twelve hours of sleep a night. He was known as a long sleeper.

There is such an interesting quote somewhere - never give up gradualism. Biked to get film developed and had along eight negatives from the nineties. The following day, took the bus to scan a hundred two images onto a cd. Gradualism. Stages. Never give up gradualism.