The Editor Sunday, March 5, 1995 - 9:15 pm I'm writing the review paper today, and so far, I've been unusually successful in turning off the internal editor. I know that I'm a good editor, but this same skill tends to strangle my ability to write a first draft. Since my school days, the editor side of me always focused strongly - too strongly - on getting just the right wording. The same is true today, though I am at least conscious of the process. I can consciously fight the problem, as I try to do with this journal. I write this journal in an almost stream of consciousness style, with relatively few backtracks to get the 'perfect' wording (I say this, even as I have backspaced several times over this very sentence...). I'm trying to get the same flow started on the paper. It's working so far, though I notice that I have interrupted myself repeatedly, allowing myself to be distracted. This journal entry is in itself an interruption. I suppose it's human nature to temper 'difficult' work with more 'pleasant' work. Certainly, though my normal work style often revolves around multitasking, this paper has taken more than its typical share. While I'm making good progress, keeping the Editor at bay, I still haven't achieved that single-minded, untiring state that I sometimes manage when I'm drawing or designing.. Previous Entry | Journal Index | Next Entry

[ Out of Balance ] author: Gerry Manacsa copyright 1996