Yes, I know, but I still need to practice: all the editing I do (including the editing that may not actually improve the text) means that it can take me a full day to write a couple of pages that end up not being great.
More broadly, I know practice can only be achieved by practicing more (duh), but I’d love a piece of advice that would make “practice more” more actionable, or help more directly with the root issues in my writing (the most obvious are that I’m anxious not to miss any potentially important detail, that I’m bad at deciding what is important, etc., but there surely are countless other issues I haven’t identified, and advice which would help me identify issues, or correct them, more effectively would be useful).
Good point, thanks! I read that too quickly as something more like “just edit more” than “writing without editing isn’t a good way to practice”, so I kind of misinterpreted it.
Yes, I know, but I still need to practice: all the editing I do (including the editing that may not actually improve the text) means that it can take me a full day to write a couple of pages that end up not being great.
More broadly, I know practice can only be achieved by practicing more (duh), but I’d love a piece of advice that would make “practice more” more actionable, or help more directly with the root issues in my writing (the most obvious are that I’m anxious not to miss any potentially important detail, that I’m bad at deciding what is important, etc., but there surely are countless other issues I haven’t identified, and advice which would help me identify issues, or correct them, more effectively would be useful).
My point was that if you spent a lot of time practicing writing and no time practicing editing, you are likely not progressing as fast.
I gave you such advice. Ask ChatGPT to identify issues.
Good point, thanks! I read that too quickly as something more like “just edit more” than “writing without editing isn’t a good way to practice”, so I kind of misinterpreted it.