OBSESSIVE EDITING COMPULSIVE DISORDER
For years my mind would edit without a break - books I was reading, emails, articles and posts I wanted to learn from, advertisements, my writing, captions, memes - I couldn't help myself. It was only when my publisher boss mentioned the fact that I realised I was obsessed. 😥 I had just pointed out an error in the caption on the T-shirt he was wearing on Casual Saturday. 😁 I may have what I once read somewhere about - Obsessive Compulsive Editing Disorder. That means I end up spending weeks on a book - editing, rewriting, checking my edits, reading, re-checking - I can't stop. Do I want to pull my hair out or bash my head on the keyboard of my computer when I am doing that - I do. But I continue, coming back to my work with new vigour after each frustrated round of edit. What my clients don't know is that when I offer them 2 edits they practically get 4 to 5 rounds of edits. Is it the pursuit of perfection? Is it obsession? Is it the obsessive need to give each project my...