tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post2035472560929643958..comments2024-02-05T10:41:31.777-05:00Comments on I Saw Lightning Fall: Whipple Strolls Us Through Her Revision ProcessLoren Eatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-46095437567493725252010-03-08T14:32:28.991-05:002010-03-08T14:32:28.991-05:00Phew! That's good. I thought I was missing som...Phew! That's good. I thought I was missing something there.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-5156621764702024372010-03-08T12:48:25.541-05:002010-03-08T12:48:25.541-05:00No no no. Cleaning is a completely fictitious acti...No no no. Cleaning is a completely fictitious activity created for the purpose of the illustration. Like the flux capacitor or daily bathing.B. Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620736939701035617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-50626777572669252152010-03-08T11:44:57.779-05:002010-03-08T11:44:57.779-05:00L.E.S. is deadly. When I feel that creeping on, I ...L.E.S. is deadly. When I feel that creeping on, I start looking for short projects, something to take my mind off of it just for a little while.<br /><br />What is this cleaning you speak of? Does it explain why my wife is mad about the state in which I leave the office?Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-92076289500915028952010-03-08T11:25:38.416-05:002010-03-08T11:25:38.416-05:00that's pretty backwards of my revision process...that's pretty backwards of my revision process too. But I do lean toward micro-perfection. <br /><br />When cleaning the house, I straighten sections of a room at a time. Ever seen a one-quarter clean room?<br /><br />I also fight Lazy-Edit-Syndrome. I'm working on it, but at one point I was making every single suggested revision. And when more than one person reads the story at a time . . . you soon end up with L.E.S. than you started with.B. Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620736939701035617noreply@blogger.com