Editing is Writing

“What I write is smarter than I am because I can re-write it.” Susan Sontag

by Brian O'Rourke
The Orion Nebula by Brian O’Rourke

We’re not always trying to be smarter,  be we are trying to be better. For some the words just flow and little editing is needed. These are the best storytellers! But for many of us writers, we need to edit, especially beginning writers, at least I did. I keep hoping it gets easier in time. I keep reading more about how to write and all the techniques and things to remember get stuck in my head and I hope one day they just become part of me. We’ll see as I start on my second novel.  Read more