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The shift to perfect pages in sketchbook tours is bugging me
I want to see the crossed-out lines and coffee stains again.
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kim.margaret6mo ago
Your love for crossed-out lines is cool, but I find the polished pages inspiring too.
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robin_morgan346mo ago
Polished pages inspiring" used to make me roll my eyes, @kim.margaret. I always thought the messy drafts with scribbles were the real story. Then I saw a friend's awful first try at a poem turn into this clean, powerful final version. It hit me that the polished page isn't about hiding the work, it's the trophy you get after all that crossing out.
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the_piper6mo ago
My buddy's short story edit was like that. It started as a total mess, just random scenes thrown together. After we hacked it apart and put it back together, it was a completely different animal. I couldn't believe how much better it got. That polished version felt earned, like a real trophy. It changed how I see finished work.
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nathancraig6mo ago
Man, it's like that everywhere, right? You see the final smooth result but forget about all the tiny, gritty fixes that got it there.
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