Made me think about my reasons too, thank you. There are older pieces I've edited because they're outdated in terms of technical details or language, but no, I can't be sure there's times it's more to do with how I've shifted perspectives. I'll also edit older pieces for clarity, tightening up, or recognising a better way of phrasing. But recently I've been driving myself nuts editing and re-editing pieces til I can't think--even short stories deemed finalised, or ones that have placed in a writing competition.
You described my editing habits so well, lol!
Made me think about my reasons too, thank you. There are older pieces I've edited because they're outdated in terms of technical details or language, but no, I can't be sure there's times it's more to do with how I've shifted perspectives. I'll also edit older pieces for clarity, tightening up, or recognising a better way of phrasing. But recently I've been driving myself nuts editing and re-editing pieces til I can't think--even short stories deemed finalised, or ones that have placed in a writing competition.
Time to have a talk with myself ;)