Revision=re-seeing...

Having the space to "play around" with revision strategies is always one of my favorite SI experiences. It gives me permission to be different...there's something about having the ideas right there in front of me...in handout form...that makes me more conscious of them. Why do I not see them when I'm sitting and composing? Is it because I am so fixated on what I think I should be doing that I forget...how do I balance between "staying really close" to my work and knowing when to "zoom out?" As I sat and participated in yesterday's revision session...I thought...as a writer...I'm always revising...I cannot just "dump stuff" on the page...I tried it but it didn't suit me...and to know that it does not suit me is a HUGE step in my evolution as a writer. The handout that we used yesterday may not be physically in front of me when I write but "it's all up there...in my head" engaging me in an internal conversation as I write...I may not be able to "name" what it is that I'm doing while I sit there but what I do works for me...it's meticulous...it's slow...it involves reading...re-reading, inserting, omitting, coding, commenting, Skyping. Maybe being more mindful of what is happening is the balance that I'm attempting to grasp at here. Hmmm...