by Sandra Conner
I think I'll write a poem …
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'Twill have to be a story ...
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No … I guess a novel …
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A saga will be better …
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A trilogy is called for …
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My editor now reads it …
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I have a two-line stanza.
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© Sandra Conner
Sounds familiar, except I'm my own editor.
ReplyDeleteMost of the time I am too, except for the newspaper stuff. But I've listened to the advice of one particular editor of fiction over the years and have learned a lot from him --- primarily to be ruthless about editing. So sometimes, when all is said and done, I'm my own worst editor. But I try to live by the motto that I found several years ago that says, "Done is better than perfect. Sometime after the 10th revision, you have to let it go." I don't know who said this, but he was undoubtedly an author.
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