Looking Backward, an IWSG post

 

      

Welcome to the first Wednesday of the month. You know what that means! It's time to let our insecurities hang out. Yep, it's the Insecure Writer's Support Group blog hop. If you're a writer at any stage of career, I highly recommend this blog hop as a way to connect with other writers for support, sympathy, ideas, and networking. If you're a reader, it's a great way to peek behind the curtain of a writing life.

Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG. The awesome co-hosts for the February 5 posting of the IWSG are Joylene Nowell Butler, Louise Barbour, and Tyrean Martinson!

This month's question:

February 5 question - Is there a story or book you've written you want to/wish you could go back and change?

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 Short answer: no. 

Longer answer: 

I'm always growing and learning, as a writer, and as a human. And, at least from my own biased perspective, my writing is getting better the longer I focus on it and work on it. 

But, all those poems, essays, stories, and books in my past can stay just the way they are. 

 

Sure, if I was to write the same thing now, I might be able to improve upon the craft or come up with a more original take on the theme--but past Samantha wrote those and I'm just not her anymore. Present Samantha has her own stories she's passionate about telling and future Samantha will have her own, too.

 

 

So, no time travel for me, at least not down my own timeline. I'll just take what I've learned along the way and use it to make the next thing even better. 

How about you? Do you/would you go back and change some of your past creations? I'd love to hear about it in the comments!