One of my favorite writerly things to do is cracking open a chapter the morning after I've announced I've "finished" it and running some good fine-grit editing sandpaper over it, slowly, quietly, thoroughly, until it's a smooth as a vermouth-free martini.
There. Now *that's* a chapter five to be proud of.
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I love doing the same with code, when I get the chance.
(For some reason I don't tend to do it with my writing, which I generally just let sit and ripen in the sun.)
@ceoln I think we bring a different brain to editing something that’s already “good enough” some time after it is “done”.