to my EA buddies... essays!

quetzal
Fri, 19 Nov 2004 04:38:33 +0000

sometimes, while you’re writing your essay, you only evaluate it in terms of how you think it reads as and the great ideas you’re trying to communicate rather than the quality of the essay itself. re-reading makes you stand back and actually gage on it from a slightly more objective view and all the flaws stick out like sore thumbs and the more you re-read the worse it gets. re-reading once or twice before sending the draft to the university is obligatory if you wan’t to make sure the essay reads well, but don’t re-read after that, you’ll just get frustrated over something no longer worthwhile.

Even the best authors say looking back at their best novels they see all the mistakes so easily. I think it was Gabriel Garc