Revisions…the inevitable process of writing
by Marsha Maung
Look a writer in the eye and ask them if they have ever succeeded in coming up with the perfect piece of writing first off without needing to revise or edit the article…and watch them cringe! Now, if you know an AUTHOR who is established and ask them how much they appreciate their proofreader and editor and watch them gush! That’s how tedious it is to write a nice piece of article or book and how repetitive the chore can become. I sometimes regard writing with a little bit of distaste.
Oh, hang on a minute. Technically, I don’t REALLY hate writing all that much. I still believe I was born to write….because I don’t remember when it was I started writing stuff….on used receipts, on toilet papers, on the table, on artblocks, on those small tiny notebooks. I think my ‘stories’ were amusing to my parents…which probably explains why they found my blocks of scribblings on the back of the refrigerator ‘forgiveable’. BUT here’s the thing, what I hate is not the ‘writing’ itself because I sit down and bang on the keyboard as words, ideas and the story unwinds inside my head and heart. I just keep banging on the keys until either one of my kids scream or when the idea-train stops chugging. That’s the easy part.
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