Isn’t it amazing that you can write something one day and think, “Gosh! This is totally fantastic.” And then about a month later, you read back over it and shudder in horror. I don’t know if this is just a weird tendency I have to want to edit things continually, or what it is, but I know that it’s really bothering me.
It’s as though I have this urge to go and delete myself from a month ago.
July 9, 2008 at 4:56 am
You sound like a bona fide writer, to me. What you describe is one of the symptoms. I think what happens, eventually, is that the writing catches up, and the changes you make will be more personal choice than mistakes needing to be fixed.
One can only hope. : )
E.M.
July 10, 2008 at 1:37 am
Well thank you! And I too can only hope that my writing will catch up someday.