This is one of those painful moments in the writing process when you realize you are going to have to “toss out” some of your writing to accommodate the purpose at hand.
The good news is writing is never wasted.
Writing (the thinking time and the words themselves) always serves to get you to the place and understanding at which you now stand (or from which you now write).
The hard part is hitting the delete key.
Sometimes, I cut and paste stuff from one document into a blank document because I can’t bare to delete my hard work.
But, I know it must come out of the paper because it does not fit my main purpose.
I rarely (never) use those words that I worked so hard for the first time, especially the ones that seem so beautiful.
But, as time goes on and I continue to write, I can promise that new words come despite the fear that if I delete these words I will never be able to fill the blank page again.
Happy writing (and deleting) dear friends.
