Lorrie MooreI don’t go back and look at my early work, because the last time I did, many years ago, it left me cringing. If one publishes, then one is creating a public record of Learning to Write.
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When you publish your first book, you are creating a public record of learning to write. First drafts are full of mistakes. This is normal. Every writer has to learn the craft of writing.
Because of this, I think that you should not go back and look at your early work because you will cringe at all of the mistakes. You will be embarrassed by them. If you have published, then you have already moved past the point where you cringed away from your first drafts.
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- I don’t go back and look at my early work, because the last time I did, many years ago, it left me cringing. If one publishes, then one is creating a public record of Learning to Write.