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No matter how many books I publish, I can’t kick my addiction to my other occupation, the scorned one that offers me succor and sanity: Proofreading.
By Melissa Holbrook Pierson
On the spectrum of skills, proofreading lies somewhere between waitressing and stacking firewood. It is the ideal occupation for writers waiting for the large contract on their first book or for the recent graduate, waiting for life to start. It is also ideal for someone who is deeply conflicted. . . .
Are you one of us poor detail-focused geeks who can't help noticing every typographic aberration and misplaced modifier, no matter where it appears?
How does this affect your writing flow? Must you constantly backspace over typos? How do you turn off your internal editor long enough to write that "shitty first draft"?
