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Originally Posted by Hitch
We all know that our brains trick us, when we read things that we've written, over and over.
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A friend of mine used to use this when talking about technical (or other) reading, and I think it can apply to writing as well:
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It doesn’t say what you think it says, nor what you remember it to have said, nor what you were told that it says, and certainly not what you want it to say, and if by chance you are its author, it doesn’t say what you intended it to say. Then what does it say? It says what it says. So if you want to know what it says, stop trying to remember what it says, and don’t ask anyone else. Go back and read it, and pay attention as though you were reading it for the first time.
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I've always appreciated it.