I am stalling around before going on line and dealing with Unemployment.
So I have a question. I have a lot of trouble with perfectionism when I revise. There is sometimes, maybe even often, when things are going well, a high when I do the original draft.
But when I go back, all I can see is problems.
Do other people have this reaction? What do they do?
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I knew one man, a poet and teacher, who said that writing was much like a process of elimination (that's a euphemism) and who wants to revisit what's been "eliminated"?
Rewriting is the slow part of the process for me.
I'm the opposite. Usually, I like revisions because at least I have a finished project in hand. However, I understand about the perfectionism. It's hard to know when to leave things well enough alone.
am dealing with this now. I have a manuscript I thought was almost ready to shop, but I read it and found out I was wrong. My writing style has changed, I've found my voice since I wrote that book, and other issues. So I sent it back to my readers and told them to rip it up. And boy did they. Since I got it back, I ripped it apart, as well.
Right now, it's a mess. Sitting on my desk in tatters. Trying to stitch it all back together.
I don't mind revisions - it's in the revisions where I tend to find the true meat of my stories.
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