Literature
Dear Novelist: To Edit or not to Edit
DEAR NOVELIST
To Edit Or Not To Edit
(or when to lock the inner editor in a dungeon guarded by a fire-breathing dragon).
Dear Novelist,
You are reading this either because:
a) You are a writer on a quest to improve your craft,
b) You want to see what another writer says on this particular subject, or
c) You are bored.
If the first, I pray you find some use in this little guide. If the second, treat me kindly, I beg you. If the last, I suggest you find some better way in future to spend your wayward hours (like, maybe write a novel).
If there is a major pitfall common among novelists, no matter our genre, it is our inner editor.