I’ve revised one of my stories significantly for about the fourth time. I’ve lost track of the less significant edits. It is my intended submission for a mentorship program at the literary center I’ve been taking classes at the past few months. Another bit of flash fiction is being attached to take full advantage of the page allotment I was given — a piece from my submission for the contest I entered. I’d really like to get one-on-one feedback for some of my works and I see this as an opportunity to have such feedback come my way.
I’m optimistic, but I wouldn’t claim to be cocky about my chances. I’m probably far from the greatest writer making such a submission — but I’ve read other pieces by other people and my own assessment of my writing skills doesn’t seem to be far off the mark. Advanced, but still in need of fine tuning. Now that I’ve overcome my distaste for revising work (I actually enjoy it most days), I think that what I publish will have a more polished feel to it.
Now that I’ve put my thoughts down into actual words, I doubt my abilities again.
Maybe a few more tweaks to the piece and then I’ll drop it off and hope for the best.
Unless I chicken out…
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The revision process is an amazing thing. Now my problem is too much revising!
I would say stop doubting yourself, but I have similar feelings most days. I guess it’s par for the course.
I’m just discovering how interesting it can be to revise — up until now, I thought it was a chore.
Thanks for the encouragement. Good luck to you as well.