draft one: complete
At some point, I lose track of all the ideas that were once considered, lines that nearly made it in. It’s a difficult thing to try and get a good balance between which ideas are fresh in your head (convenience) and which ones are better. Though I suppose we can’t control when an idea comes to our head and when it goes.
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Four days after I had set the original deadline for, I have a complete draft of the talk tonight (and it’s not 2AM yet! well, it will be after I’m done writing this post). Sometimes, deadlines can be all the inspiration you need, even if they aren’t really met.
Now comes the laborious task of revising/editing (ie reading my own painful words, wondering what I was thinking at the time, and then deleting). Draft upon draft. It’s an intimidating thing to look your own work with honesty and mindful objectivity, let alone a fresh perspective.
