Committed text gains a brutal ascendancy that distorts structural revision.

Evidence

In the end you must make a decision, but why not postpone it till the last possible point? Because once you have made the commitment, what you have written starts to look right. It gains a brutal ascendancy over you. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 1078

Categorization

• SEED: SEED explores why structural commitment should be delayed as late as possible in writing.
• XREF: connects to: Committing to a structure too early makes flawed writing seem right — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 1078; Redaction can blur the meaning and impact of documents. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 795; Canonical texts can be preserved while interpretation voids their operational force. — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 2347 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Writing often requires passing through a muddle and despair before shape emerges. #complicates (0.75) — Janet Burroway; Elizabeth Stuckey-French; Ned Stuckey-French, Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition, 78