defaux
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Do you ever look back at your own work and notice things that are so obviously, blatantly, just... bad?
I notice things in stories I've written, even quite recently, and wonder how on earth I didn't see the mistakes at the time. Like a flash fiction piece I submitted that opened almost literally with "It was a dark and stormy night..." It's not like I don't edit this stuff before I post.
Exactly how big are your blind spots? And how can you train yourself to see things more clearly, or perhaps objectively is a better term? Or does it just require the distance of time to notice such gaffs?
I notice things in stories I've written, even quite recently, and wonder how on earth I didn't see the mistakes at the time. Like a flash fiction piece I submitted that opened almost literally with "It was a dark and stormy night..." It's not like I don't edit this stuff before I post.
Exactly how big are your blind spots? And how can you train yourself to see things more clearly, or perhaps objectively is a better term? Or does it just require the distance of time to notice such gaffs?
