As I continue editing the short stories that I wrote months ago, I realize that the time that has past has allowed me to see them in a new light. Details and insights that I wasn’t aware of before suddenly come to the forefront of my mind. Word choices that sounded sufficient when I wrote them are replaced with better word choices today.
This process has made me realize that any work or story we revisit can be improved and modified ad infinitum. If we give ourselves enough distance from something, the experiences that we’ve gathered upon our next edit will give us a new perspective on our work. In theory, we’re never really finished with something until we decide to say it is. And that usually happens when we’re ready to move on to the next project.
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