The answer is writing. I have been doing a ton of stuff. Short stories, some new, some old and revising a manuscript. What I have found interesting and funny in doing that is some of the things one writes when one is new to writing or is not really aware when drafting. I had revised this particular MS quite a few times, but the telling thing is that I first drafted it in 2001, when I was such a newbie. So on this particular revision I found some interesting and funny things.
Saying it too many times in different ways. For example, his face was familiar. I know this guy.
Using too many descriptors when attributing dialogue. Now you can get away with this when writing category romance but mostly it is frowned on as bad writing. He enthused. He demanded etc.
Exclamation marks. Oh god! I had so many! It was so annoying! Actually two run throughs of the MS and there were still a couple there. I edited a novel once and I had to go on an exclamation mark hunt. You know I even had he exclaimed! Lol.
I found these errors amusing but I was embarrassed too. An editor had read this and I hadn’t even noticed these mistakes, some had been there since 2001. Problem is that I like this story and then I get absorbed and not very objective. However that lapse does not help make my manuscript professional looking.
It is now with some beta readers for comment. I am bracing myself for feedback.
Donna Maree Hanson, Author, Phd in Creative Writing 
Leave a Reply