So the only time I find I'm any good at editing is when I print my stories, read them out loud, scribble over them in multi-colored ink, and then print them again to repeat.
Justin Doubleday, the editor at TNH, printed my Randy Pierce story. I didn't remember most of the changes I made so I was reading through it and I thought, wow, he changed a lot.
Going through and editing the story tonight so that I can pass it in tomorrow, I realized that Doubleday only changed a few small things!
So what happened?
Well, the night the article was due, I was definitely on a time crunch. I didn't have time to print it out and scribble all over it. I had to read it off the screen silently while my boyfriend read the printed copy. Time got shorter and shorter. My heartbeat was as loud as the second-hand on my watch.
I finally made my changes online and submitted it with about 15 minutes left before my news writing conference.
When I went back to the article, I didn't recognize the edits because I didn't print out the story. Ha.
Life is comical.
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