Something I learned this past week is the idea of editing what you say, write and, to a certain degree, believe. My coach calls it backspacing – the notion that you are editing yourself when you should let your thoughts free flow. We all do this – we write, delete, write more, backspace more. This is because our ego wants to be right – the first time. I do it when I’m writing these posts. Instead of just free flowing and letting the words come to the page naturally, I edit as a I write. The thing is – writing (or creating anything) is a fundamentally different skill than editing.
Creating – whether in written, spoken or visual language, requires the building up of a thing, a story , a piece of art, an argument. Editing on the other hand is about refinement. The problem is if you edit while you create – the act of backspacing yourself – you may lose out on how far you push your creativity. So – if you’re trying to make something, don’t backspace too early. You could be missing out on the potential of the very thing you’re trying to create.
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