excerpts from the writing life no. 386
me, a writer, working at her desk: *sighs heavily*
the roommate, a video editor, also working at her desk: ... hey friendo. u ok?
me: do you ever look at a 7000 word chapter and tell yourself "self, if you cut that chapter down to 5000 words, it will be so much stronger." and then, at the end of the day... you've got a chapter that's 7900 words long?
the roommate: Yes and no. I sometimes have a video that's 7 minutes long, that should be 5 minutes long, and then, at the end of the day, it's NINE minutes long, and I have to send it to the client anyway, like "here is the list of things you want in your five minute video..... it is too many things."
me: yes! exactly that! but imagine! the client... is YOU..... and you are the WORST CLIENT IN EXISTENCE.