Are you a Writer or an Editor? (Or an Alligator!?)

I am swamped with work. Literally swamped. So swamped I’m sure there must be an alligator in here some place.  Not to mention I also have a presentation due in my Grant Writing class tonight, and I’m nervous as, well… a writer who probably has an alligator lurking somewhere in her apartment. All gators aside, though, the presentation due in a few hours really is giving me the shakes. There’s a reason I’m a writer and not a politician.

So, due to my obsessive need to practice my presentation in the mirror, instead of giving you a witty blog post extolling the virtues or lamenting the travails of freelance writing, I will instead link to a post by another fabulous freelancer, Jenny Cromie, who writes the Golden Pencil blog.

Her post today, “Do You Have a Writer’s Brain or an Editor’s Brain?” asks us to consider whether we are over-editing our first drafts and provides us with a few exercises we can do to shut up our inner editor and get to writing. I confess I’m guilty of the editor’s brain. I’ve already edited this blog post five times, actually. So don’t be like me – let Jenny straighten you out posthaste. 

(Edit: I sure hope the alligator isn’t hiding murklins!) 

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