We all think we write the truth, right? We all hope we are. But what I’ve found is that when I know I’ve found a problem in my writing–that there’s something that doesn’t make sense or isn’t logical–the problem is that I haven’t uncovered the Truth for that paper.
And further, usually, writing that Truth means admitting some sort of vulnerability, usually in my logic. Once I do that, the Truth always seems to come forward and reveal itself and vastly improve my paper.
Writing is weird, eh? I’m writing right now. (HA!) But writing about how to write is so dang hard.
Maybe talking about it will make it simpler: