You know you are editing when….

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Sue Vincent

1. …you look around and see the cobwebs that have accumulated… and don’t care.

2. … the dog has to remind you what time it is.

3. …you absently serve your dinner in the dog’s bowl. Not that she minds…

4. …food is something to be grabbed and eaten one handed. You can type with one hand.

5. …you leave the screen only for dire necessity. Like when you’ve run out of coffee.

6. …you realise you can’t have another coffee till you actually wash a mug. The six that were sitting all clean and shiny a little earlier now contain the remains previous dashes to the kitchen, in various cold stages of consumption.

7. …you note that your need for more coffee was based on the fact that most of these cups have had no more than a hurried mouthful consumed from them.

8. …you see the advantage of this as being one less trip to the bathroom, one more hour at the screen.

9. …you fear the dread effects of caffeine deficiency as much as dehydration.

10. …you solve this problem by the simple expedient of bunging the fullest of said cups in the microwave. You might as well. You’ll probably forget to drink it anyway.

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About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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38 Responses to You know you are editing when….

  1. Unknown's avatar Anonymous says:
    June 6, 2015 at 04:07

    The whole day goes by and you ‘got nothing done’ – only laundry and the picnic and three bathrooms – but no writing.

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  2. moondustwriter's avatar moondustwriter says:
    June 6, 2015 at 04:30

    Oh Sue you and me both.
    You’ve gotta love writing and coffee they come as a set.
    Happy weekend

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  3. Marilyn Armstrong's avatar Marilyn Armstrong says:
    June 6, 2015 at 04:30

    When I was smoking, I’d let a whole pack of cigs burn in the ashtray and never actually smoked one.

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  4. D. Wallace Peach's avatar D. Wallace Peach says:
    June 6, 2015 at 04:42

    Ha ha ha. Oh, this is so familiar. My house is full of cobwebs. I too eat with one hand. And my coffee gets microwaved and re-microwaved and re-microwaved. Too funny, Sue.

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  5. alibaliwalker's avatar Ali Isaac says:
    June 6, 2015 at 08:27

    Hilarious and so true!

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  8. vanbytheriver's avatar vanbytheriver says:
    June 6, 2015 at 10:15

    One of the worst is when you realized you haven’t moved from your chair for hours and your bottom half is falling asleep !! ☺

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  9. Darren Scanlon's avatar Darren Scanlon says:
    June 6, 2015 at 11:13

    Excellent and so true.

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  10. Mary Smith's avatar Mary Smith says:
    June 6, 2015 at 11:42

    Cobwebs, unhoovered carpets, laundry basket overflowing and dirty coffee cups in the sink – all of that and more. I wonder if the coffee companies realise just how much writers contribute to their profits?!

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  11. Eliza Waters's avatar Eliza Waters says:
    June 6, 2015 at 14:17

    Oh, dear, you have it badly! 😉

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  12. annabellefranklinauthor's avatar annabellefranklinauthor says:
    June 6, 2015 at 16:10

    Glad it’s not just me! My house is starting to look like something out of those obsessive compulsive hoarder TV shows.

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  13. Judy E Martin's avatar edwinasepisodes says:
    June 6, 2015 at 18:30

    Ha Ha! That did make me laugh, especially about the stack of partly drank coffee cups! 🙂

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  14. socialbridge's avatar socialbridge says:
    June 6, 2015 at 23:01

    Ah yes, ‘the art of writing is in the editing.’

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  15. KL Caley's avatar KL Caley says:
    June 8, 2015 at 07:49

    Haha!! This is amazing Sue and so true! As well as number 3 I sometimes have the ditsy head one which makes me do things like put the milk in the dog food cupboard and the dog bowl in the fridge :s Who said women can multi-task?..

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  16. Helen Jones's avatar Helen Jones says:
    June 8, 2015 at 10:31

    Ha ha, this was me until late last week when book 2 finally went to the editor – bracing myself for round two 🙂

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  17. Eddie Two Hawks's avatar Eddie Two Hawks says:
    June 23, 2015 at 16:55

    wait, I need to get another cup of coffee and read this again.
    hate to admit it, but you’re right

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