Line edits are awesome…

When it’s someone else’s work.

If the paper, book, webpage, word doc, whatever it is that’s in front of me was not written by my own hand I can swoop in and find the errors in an instant.

No problem.

When it’s my piece?

The one that I’ve worked on for X amount of years?

What errors?  I don’t see them?

No, there’s a comma there don’t you see it?  Oh wait, it’s all in my head isn’t it?  Damn.

I miss far too much.

I’ve tried the tricks.

I’ve changed font.

I’ve printed it out on paper.

I’ve put it on my nook.

I still miss those suckers because my brain inputs them where my fingers did not.

But – it’s time for me to line edit.

Thank goodness I’m writing another piece in between.  One chapter at a time with the line edits because I get cross-eyed and confused way too easily.

You want to do my line edits?  I’ll trade you evenly – I’ll show you mine if you show me yours.