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Creator versus editor

Creator versus editor

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Creator versus editor

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- One of the hardest balances to strike when you're being creative is knowing when to edit your work. Having a strong sense of editing is essential to making a well-crafted piece. But at the same time, letting your editing instincts loose while you're trying to foster an atmosphere of creativity can be devastating. As a lifelong cynical New Yorker, one of my greatest challenges is allowing myself the freedom to play without thinking and just be silly. (vibrating cheeks) So how do we know when it's time to create and when it's time to edit? That's an almost impossible question to answer. In fact, it's so hard, I'm not even going to try to answer it. Instead, I'm going to ask a simple question. Who is the person that created the work and who is the person editing it? Now, unless you have a ton of resources available to you, you probably answered that you are both the creator and the editor. One of the byproducts of…

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