07-09-2016, 09:05 AM
Outside of any argument, does anyone here believe it's humanly possible, other than very minor typos, for a writer to write even a very short novel without outside revision necessities? Any human? Me, I've been revising many of my long novels for years because I don't want to leave any weaknesses. I'll spend days or months on one paragraph sometimes when I'm going back over something for the third time, often one sentence: Because like I said, I'm pushing myself to self perfection even if that may be impossible. I have faith that it is possible, not just for me. I think some writers have pulled it off. But I think there's a lot of heat against that way of thinking at the moment, despite all the egotists who have so much faith in themselves.