I wouldn’t necessarily call “Why?” as presenting a choice, but point taken. I guess my real reason why I began not deleting everything is that I’ve lost a lot of my early writing and regret doing so.
What I wrote above still occasionally applies.
Huh, I might have been unclear. I was explaining why I changed my mind to agree with you, not criticizing you!
I deleted everything because after working on something for long enough, I start hating it and seeing the flaws in it and being ashamed of it and hating my past self for wanting to show it to everyone. I hear this is normal, so when in doubt I wait a few months then reread… and it looks even worse.
I wouldn’t necessarily call “Why?” as presenting a choice, but point taken. I guess my real reason why I began not deleting everything is that I’ve lost a lot of my early writing and regret doing so. What I wrote above still occasionally applies.
Why do you delete everything?
Huh, I might have been unclear. I was explaining why I changed my mind to agree with you, not criticizing you!
I deleted everything because after working on something for long enough, I start hating it and seeing the flaws in it and being ashamed of it and hating my past self for wanting to show it to everyone. I hear this is normal, so when in doubt I wait a few months then reread… and it looks even worse.