I was looking over a friend's application essay for med school. He'd reused some elements from his college essay, which I also helped him on. And as I read it over, I distinctly recalled approving certain sentences which now made me frown.
This makes me happy. It certainly wasn't a terrible essay — it got him into an Ivy League — and the fact that I can look at it critically now and see so clearly how to make it better means I've become a better editor, even of words and phrases I had suggested myself.
I had to reread my novella in order to come up with a summary for the cover artist, and noted some spots which needed polishing. Granted, I finished in a rush in order to make a deadline, but I like to think that if I had noticed it before submission, I would have done something about it. Even in the span of a few months, I'm able to aim a keener editor's eye on my writing.
I only wish the same were true for biological vision. Off to get the contact solution.
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