graculus

Just inspired by my fear of re-reading older stuff, when I went back and re-read a story I'd written about 5 years ago and it wasn't anything like as bad as I worried it would be...

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xochiquetzl

I try not to reread my old stuff. I have to sit on my hands to not edit it. And really, I think I shouldn't. First of all, it seems dishonest; if I rewrote one of my old fics, it wouldn't be the same story. It seems like revisionist history, or something. Second of all, well, I think I should tell this year's story, not spend all my time rewriting my old stories.

So I have to let it go.

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graculus.livejournal.com

I try not to reread my old stuff. I have to sit on my hands to not edit it.

I think that would be my fear, that I would re-read the older stuff and go 'OMG I suck!!111!!!' and make myself re-write stuff that probably doesn't deserve my time being spent on it when I could be writing new stuff the production of which would please me more... or something.