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How come it is when a story is "finished" and about to be seen by a second pair of eyes, suddenly you're seeing it as if for the first time yourself and you need to embark on a panicked last minute rewrite to make it yet more finished?
I have noticed the same effect from putting it in the AO3 text box and hitting preview. Suddenly it looks different. Suddenly that sentence I said was fine as is actually belongs in a completely different paragraph. Suddenly there's a much more cogent way to state my theme. And suddenly there's a typo I never saw before.
Anyway, the story in question is now More Done.
I have noticed the same effect from putting it in the AO3 text box and hitting preview. Suddenly it looks different. Suddenly that sentence I said was fine as is actually belongs in a completely different paragraph. Suddenly there's a much more cogent way to state my theme. And suddenly there's a typo I never saw before.
Anyway, the story in question is now More Done.
