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(I had originally created the following thought on one of my static pages. Today, July 2015, I am trying to clean up my site some and going to convert it to a post instead of it being a static page)

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2014 >

Just thought of this…

Writing is Vulnerability – When you write you are in effect exposing the twisted little thoughts you have to the outside world, assuming you share them of course. Your inner thoughts are now vulnerable and naked, hanging out there so others can smirk and ridicule should they desire to do so. I equate this feeling to the dream we have all had at some point in our lives, the going to school naked dream. Humans, are by our very nature, vulnerable and afraid. Writing is just the mental form of being naked.

Editing is Hard (at least to me) – Editing is the act of going to the gym and trying to tone that naked flabby body up some. Some people spend all of their time in the gym looking to achieve the perfect “Generic Muscle Term Here”. Some people don’t know how to work these muscles and can end up causing more damage than good as they scrape entire chapters because it “just doesn’t feel right anymore”. You need to develop a better sense of overall story health and not get stuck on one part. In truth, Editing is (overall) Refinement (and still hard).

Now once you get a better understanding of the first two ideas above, hopefully, you will never need to learn the last Idea.

Perfection is an Illusion (a.k.a.) Perfection is the enemy of getting things done (&/Or) Good enough often is.