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Dawn Turner's avatar

Rather than try to explain "cycling" to many writers (which is a pointless act of frustration anyway), I just tell them I'm "editing". They have ZERO understanding of editing in creative mind instead of critically, and when I've tested the waters, most of them aren't interested in learning about it. Then they wonder why I enjoy "editing" while they see it as drudgery. Well, they tend to see the WRITING the same way (you know, we're supposed to "suffer" for our art), so why should their editing be any different. LOL

When I "edit", I simply read, fixing missing/extra words, tweaking word choices or fleshing out usually small but relevant details I missed when writing, not to mention straightening out any confusing sentence structures I somehow twisted around in writing too fast. It's definitely a more enjoyable way of "editing" than what the myth-keepers do. I think I'll stick with it, and let them "suffer" for their "art". ;-)

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K.C. Riggs's avatar

Your example in yesterday's Journal was excellent. I could actually feel the difference reading the two.

And today's, well yeah. Luckily I've got a strong creative mind. I also have a strong, stubborn, sneaky critical mind. Some day's I'm better at beating it down than others.

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