How Do You Know When to Stop Expanding and Start Revising?
The relationship of writer to book-in-progress reminds me of a marriage. As opposed to a date.
Poems, articles, columns, and short stories are all creative commitments, sure. But even if they linger unfinished for a while, they are short relationships compared to 350 pages of manuscript.
With a book, you regularly re-evaluate your progress, your pu…