Emotional Journey Triggered by Revision Notes

This week I had my first experience with editorial notes on a piece of my writing that will be published. I found fascinating the emotional processes I had to dispatch so that I could focus on the suggested changes and decide how to implement them. The emotional arcs are particularly fascinating to me as I've had turns being a critiquer and an editor. I've been the one to dish out editorial advice and I know how hard it can be to criticize constructively. I appear to be very fortunate in ...