This was just the metaphor I needed today as I head into line edits. (Plus I just made some great homemade popcorn yesterday!) I specifically like the idea that it's not just a question of diminishing returns (i.e. not worth the time to keep polishing), it's a question of burning some of the popcorn if you keep trying to make those final kernels pop.
Yes, exactly! I'm a huge fan of multiple revisions, but I think, within each revision especially, you start to hit a wall where more tinkering really does begin to take away from the work. I can feel myself editing just to edit and I have to force myself to stop.
This was just the metaphor I needed today as I head into line edits. (Plus I just made some great homemade popcorn yesterday!) I specifically like the idea that it's not just a question of diminishing returns (i.e. not worth the time to keep polishing), it's a question of burning some of the popcorn if you keep trying to make those final kernels pop.
Yes, exactly! I'm a huge fan of multiple revisions, but I think, within each revision especially, you start to hit a wall where more tinkering really does begin to take away from the work. I can feel myself editing just to edit and I have to force myself to stop.
Well said sweetheart. Love the analogy here.
Good piece.
Thank you!!