How does one not take the editing process personally? When you’ve poured your heart and soul into something so deeply that it essentially becomes your identity, how do you not feel like every idea, every sentence that someone rips down isn’t a direct hit to who you are?
I understand that as we write, we must grow, we must change, and we must edit. I understand that I’m pushing towards a goal of making my work the best it can possibly be - perhaps even better than I once imagined. I don’t feel I am prepared, though, for the heavy hand of an editor, the notion that someone simply might not believe it - whatever it is. How do you get over the hump of feeling not good enough?
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