Oscar And Jim

Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite

I know I’m supposed to constantly rewrite. I know I have to ‘kill all my darlings’ (I cut out two ‘zingers’ today) but what I don’t know is when to stop, or how much cutting is enough? It seems to be influenced by the weather. Some days I blithely remove long-cherished lines. On others I can’t cut a comma. How do you know when you’re done?

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