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Amy Makechnie's avatar

"I have to preserve my confidence in my work while being as critical as possible. The only trick I’ve found to make this easier: Give plenty of time and space after creating the work before taking the red pen to it." I feel this!

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Kim Gronsman Lee, MD's avatar

Oh I feel this! Especially the flying out the window 😂

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Julie Green's avatar

Ingenious! So creative! I especially enjoyed "Shake off mistakes" with the drawing of an Etch-A-Sketch! Love it! --Julie

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Grant Snider's avatar

Etch-a-sketch is a great medium!

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Marlee Terry's avatar

Thanks for mentioning the etch-a-sketch, Julie. I missed it the first time through.

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Jayshree Gururaj's avatar

I like what you did there!

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Minaz Ansari's avatar

The creator's dilemma!

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Rajesh Achanta's avatar

Love the cover - beautiful!

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Grant Snider's avatar

Thank you Rajesh!

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Christopher Manson's avatar

Love this.

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KHM's avatar

I love the premise of your next collection 😍👏🏻 and the thoughts you share here. Editing is such an intricate, ruthless, and vulnerable process. And so necessary. It is like you say - one of the key elements truly is time!

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Grant Snider's avatar

"Intricate, ruthless, and vulnerable" - well said!

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jaxyn's avatar

spectacular!!!

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Jennie Killough's avatar

Oooh! Nice one!

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Myq Kaplan's avatar

dear grant,

thank you for sharing this beautiful piece!

i love this: "Good editing strikes a balance between these conflicting emotions. I have to preserve my confidence in my work while being as critical as possible. The only trick I’ve found to make this easier: Give plenty of time and space after creating the work before taking the red pen to it."

much love,

myq

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Francesca Bossert's avatar

Gosh, you are so clever! I love how your brain works. So original yet so relatable, too. Brilliant.

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Grant Snider's avatar

Thank you, Francesca!

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Corliss Cheng's avatar

I think the idea of revising one’s life takes such humility and courage; as is needed sometimes. Thank you for injecting this perspective into my being. You’re an encouraging force.

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Grant Snider's avatar

Thanks so much for the note, I appreciate it!

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Deborah Kelly's avatar

Yes, sometimes just walking away for a night or so, makes things look better...or the things that need changing more obvious.

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namrata ukani's avatar

How do you think so well? Please share your processes and your routines 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

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Grant Snider's avatar

Lots of revisions! And if one idea doesn't work, try the next one :)

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Catharine Wilson's avatar

This former/(forever?) literary editor and occasional writer absolutely agrees with every syllable here, Grant ... it can be tough not to overdo the editing, be it of our creations or of our recreating of this life as we live it! Seem to have left my disabling, stressful putrid Perfectionism in the dust by now -- and that's a kind of freedom -- to be 'good enough' -- well, good enough for now, at least. 😉

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Grant Snider's avatar

"Putrid perfectionism" is something I struggle with too! Thank you for the message!

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