Never does one’s own article look more poorly written, intellectually shallow, and overall hopeless than when one is revising the final proofs. Profound changes cannot be introduced at this point, and this is precisely when one begins to see the need for many changes.
5 responses to “Proofs”
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That just means you have material for your next article!
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Sigh. Yes. Except when the actual publication is in your hand–then the writing REALLY looks sucky.
Hang in there!
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Yup, yup. I’ve experienced all of that. It doesn’t matter so long as you keep improving. The problem is, you can’t create a decent structure for your thoughts whilst you are still thinking them through. But that is what we sometimes have to try to do. It can’t work.
So once your ideas are fully thought through, you can try again.
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I pretty much cannot look at anything I’ve written in print form. I have it for reference, but actually reading it? brrrrrrrrr…………
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I once tried to steal a copy of my own M.A dissertation at the UdM, because the idea of people having access to it was too painful.
This is ridiculous: I know that part of my work is to produce and share knowledge, but at the same time the idea of having my own work published makes me sick. Is it because I am too humble, or because I am too full of myself? At any rate, we must learn not to be such control freaks.
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