Is revision the best part of writing?

Amina Gautier writes short stories, but in the "Joy of Revision" she offers some thoughts that may resonate for non-fiction writers as well: "Revising encourages and liberates the writer to 'make mistakes,'" Gautier writes. "It rewards mistakes; each 'mistake' teaches one something about the story one is writing and gets one that much closer to the story one is meant to write. Revision reconciles the competing versions of the story that the writer carries in his head."

September 29, 2014

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