I keep telling myself that editing and revising is easier than the actual writing, but I'm beginning to have serious doubts. What makes this stage so hard is that it's mostly technical work. Playtime is over, and now it's time to clean up. There are so many moments that I've stared at the same paragraph for an hour trying to rework it. What the reader doesn't see is the inflection points, where a dozen or so considerations converge into a tangled word puzzle. A lot can hinge on one or two sentences. These are the things no one will ever notice if you do them right, but it's important to pay special attention to them because often the smallest details are what really bring a story to life.
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