The Paper

[aderam]

Why, why, WHY can I edit things so well and yet never actually write anything for myself???

I find it so hard to write essays (and yet I still do well. At least I get some recognition for it...) and yet it's so easy to edit someone else's. I just edited my roommate's paper and I think I managed to make it a whole lot better. (And she doesn't hate me for changing all her words around! Yay!) Yet at the same time I can't concentrate on my own paper worth a hill of beans.

This might have something to do with the fact that I got an extension thanks to Carolyn's death. But I just don't know!

And also if I can edit other peoples' so well why can't I do that to my own!!??

(I know. I know. It's because I know exactly what I'm trying to say and I don't know what they are... Sigh.)

Comments

[hobbitbabe.livejournal.com]

I think editing yourself is like tickling yourself.

Also, you might have the same kind of writing problem that I have, that until the deadline is imminent, I get tangled up with wanting it to be perfect and can't make the compromising decisions. But at the end the words flow well enough and I don't have time to make it perfect so it gets done. This is why I haven't started my research report that is due Friday. Well, that and I completely forgot until writing this paragraph.

[aderam.livejournal.com]

Yeah. You're probably right.