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Topic	Sit down and write the damn thing.
ai123 02/09/24 4:02:07 PM #9:	FortuneCookie posted... This is a double-edged sword though. Many substandard stories come about because of over-revision. They revise, they revise, they revise, and then they become so fatigued with revision that they stick with an idea that isn't as good as the ones that they had previously discarded. This is what happened with films like The Lost World: Jurassic Park, the 007 flick Tomorrow Never Dies, and Super Mario Bros.: The Movie. That's not 'over' revision, That's bad revision. Often the result of too many different people having input. An author refining their work with a competent editor will get best results. Don't even worry about 'over' revision, and definitely don't make it an excuse for not working on the text. --- 'Vinyl is the poor man's art collection'. <cite>ai123 posted [p:978751125] in Sit down a... [t:80692516]...</cite> <quote>FortuneCookie posted... </cite><quote>This is a double-edged sword though.Many substandard stories come about because of over-revision. They revise, they revise, they revise, and then they become so fatigued with revision that they stick with an idea that isn't as good as the ones that they had previously discarded. This is what happened with films like The Lost World: Jurassic Park, the 007 flick Tomorrow Never Dies, and Super Mario Bros.: The Movie.</quote>That's not 'over' revision, That's bad revision. Often the result of too many different people having input.An author refining their work with a competent editor will get best results.Don't even worry about 'over' revision, and definitely don't make it an excuse for not working on the text. --- 'Vinyl is the poor man's art collection'.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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