Never thought of it. Usually I hate the idea of having to edit/revise, but when I do get down to it (take out a sheet of paper, open a new document, etc), I enjoy it.

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thank you.

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Sugar Coated Razor Blades With Sex On Top

writing. creation is unconquerable. revision can be satisfying, depending on how COMPLETE or incomplete a piece is once you've let it simmer. getting to the phase where you think you've reached completion or satisfaction branches out into another realm with the sense of wishing it to be viewed, and the nervous hush before the eyeballs of others. the entire whole of the process is pretty hard to differentiate, but the initial birthing, shit. can't beat that.

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I hung on that windy tree for nine nights wounded by my own spear.
I hung to that tree, and no one knows where it is rooted.
None gave me food. None gave me drink. Into the abyss I stared
until I spied the runes. I seized them up and, howling, fell

It's almost like a natural high when an idea clicks in my head, but writing it and trying to fit it into a structure can sometimes be quite frustrating when I don't know where I'm going with it. Other times the writing almost spills from my pen like water. I find that when I edit the piece after some time of being away from it, it is just as enjoyable as when I came up with the idea in the first place, because I'm approaching it with a fresh perspective. Things are nice when they're new, until they gather as much dust as everything else. Ideas and concepts are no exception.

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I crave cocoa when the wind hits my door; classic conditioning.

You should try not to live too much, you could end up dying.

It's almost like a natural high when an idea clicks in my head

I like that and can relate. I never thought of it that way before. Thank you for your input.

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Sugar Coated Razor Blades With Sex On Top

nice. well said.

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Sugar Coated Razor Blades With Sex On Top

The writing definitely. The editing is a bit of a chore, especially when the piece is going someplace where I can't make changes later if I should need to.

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my mom's page

support artists! I mean it!

most people are worth more to me dead than alive,
but you're worth much more to me alive than dead

This deserves a poll?

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Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.

==Mark Twain

I really don't enjoy editing and revision. My stuff obviously needs it, and I try and do it whenever possible, because I want to improve. However, I write primarily for a creative outlet and as a hobby; I'm not really looking to be published. Thus, on those fleeting occasions when I have both time and energy to sit and write, I want to write, not go back over old ground. It's a mental hang-up more than anything else.

That said, one of the ways I deal with "writer's block" is to edit my stuff, particularly when it comes to multi-part stories. I also enjoy getting feedback and critique, so I try to act on those critiques, or at least give them due consideration and appreciation.

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Monsters! Spells! Mad gods! Carnivorous trees!
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I hate editing. I do it only to make something publishable, not for fun.

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