Question: I have a book chapter that is in desperate need of revision, but I don’t even know where to start. There is so much it needs that every time I start working on it (which, let’s be honest, is less and less, because I’m so daunted), I’m immediately overwhelmed. I’ve already tried your advice (“How to Stop Writing From the Weeds”) to read through the chapter as if I were an editor and make notes to myself on things to fix later, but there are just so many issues that it’s taking forever, and I don’t even want to look at the thing right now. How do I get this monster under control?
Signed,
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