The funny thing is even when one gets much more comfortable with one's own work, there's still a hunger to be better, to kick ass, to tell the story that blows every mind that encounters it, that remains. You're always looking for how to do it better, how to gain an edge, how to make the angle work harder, and so on.
So true! It's like trying to beat your own high score in a computer game. Just when you make a new record, you're in the planning stages to break it the next time you play.
My thesis director in grad school was much more gracious with her time, thankfully. It was my thesis readers who didn't help me see how to improve the work; those professors were too busy with their own writing so when my work passed through to my thesis director, she had a lot to diagnose.
I cringe whenever I think about my grad school thesis. I'm in a better place now, though 5 years from now I'm sure I'll look at what I'm writing now and think otherwise. :-D
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Date: 2009-05-15 01:31 am (UTC)So true! It's like trying to beat your own high score in a computer game. Just when you make a new record, you're in the planning stages to break it the next time you play.
My thesis director in grad school was much more gracious with her time, thankfully. It was my thesis readers who didn't help me see how to improve the work; those professors were too busy with their own writing so when my work passed through to my thesis director, she had a lot to diagnose.
I cringe whenever I think about my grad school thesis. I'm in a better place now, though 5 years from now I'm sure I'll look at what I'm writing now and think otherwise. :-D