"The thing is, I want to rewrite it because I’ve read it seven times. This is both a good and bad thing. It means I’ve had that many times to read a sentence, a paragraph, a section, and think about whether it makes sense, it could have been said better, it needs to be there. It also means I’ve had that many…
"The thing is, I want to rewrite it because I’ve read it seven times. This is both a good and bad thing. It means I’ve had that many times to read a sentence, a paragraph, a section, and think about whether it makes sense, it could have been said better, it needs to be there. It also means I’ve had that many times to get sick of it. Familiarity breeds contempt, right? I want to rewrite things because I’m tired of looking at them."
For my upcoming essay collection, I veer from "Whoever wrote this is really onto something" to "What a bunch of self-serving preachy detritus." Make it stop!!!!
OMG I am right there with you:
"The thing is, I want to rewrite it because I’ve read it seven times. This is both a good and bad thing. It means I’ve had that many times to read a sentence, a paragraph, a section, and think about whether it makes sense, it could have been said better, it needs to be there. It also means I’ve had that many times to get sick of it. Familiarity breeds contempt, right? I want to rewrite things because I’m tired of looking at them."
For my upcoming essay collection, I veer from "Whoever wrote this is really onto something" to "What a bunch of self-serving preachy detritus." Make it stop!!!!