So I've completed all my edits from the Beta Reader for Killer Eyes, but now that I'm reading it again, I find myself polishing the prose. And there I was thinking I had it polished already. It's one of the things that can bog down an author. The continuous tinkering of a manuscript. It can go on forever. But I say do it. Because the better your manuscript is, the better writer you are.
I mean who wants to settle for mediocrity? Not me. I prefer my writing to be as good as it can be. And the only way to do that is, well, by doing that. Sure you can leave it as is, but for someone like me, a perfectionist, it will be a thorn in your side whenever you read your own writing and discover something that you think should have been written better.
The same is true for art, like painting, or music, like in a song. When you see or hear something that is not as good as it could have been, you'll be wishing you had made it better. And with writing, you'll be wishing you had written it better. So I'm trying to avoid that. For the most part, I succeeded in that regard with Killer of Killers and The Vase. Just trying to get there with Killer Eyes, too. But I do believe I'm almost there. Just have to keep on truckin'.
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