[Ipg-smz] not my best work

[Alyson Behr]

+1 what Logan said. 

I had an editor say he thought I hadn’t researched my topic and then when I went graph by graph with him… he liked all the content. Said it was fine. Then he re-wrote the intro to include stuff I didn’t want there, including an inaccuracy, which still hasn’t been corrected. Bummer.

Shelf it for a day or two and then come back with fresh energy.

aly


On Feb 15, 2019, at 3:35 PM, Logan Harbaugh <logan at lharba.com> wrote:

I’ve felt that way about pieces that everyone else liked, and turned in ones that I thought were very well done that received little attention, or had some editor completely rearrange. 
 
 
Thanks, 
Logan G. Harbaugh
logan at lharba.com <mailto:logan at lharba.com>
530-243-1346
1547 Magnolia Ave.
Redding, CA 96001
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From: Ipg-smz [mailto:ipg-smz-bounces at netpress.org] On Behalf Of Matt Heusser
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2019 8:08 AM
To: ipg-smz at netpress.org
Subject: [Ipg-smz] not my best work
 
I'm a little cranky today because I'm finishing up a piece and it is not my best work. I know, when you write at the volume we do, about 50% of our stuff will not be our best work because that is how averages work - what about about when you know something is bottom 25%?
 
It's easy for me to pick a fight about an AI tool or some nits about a social movement instead of working on improving my own game.
 
For now I'll put it on the shelf and revisit it in a day or three with fresh eyes.
 
Does anyone else have ideas with how to deal with this sort of situation?

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