Re-write until you're satisfied...Say what?

I have finished proofreading “Scarlet” and as far as I’ve read it, yet again, I am not satisfied. I guess what they say is true. One will always find it hard to be contented with his work. No matter how many times you have proofread and revised your work, in the end you will still not be satisfied. There will be no perfect story, just a better one. And I am believing that I am achieving for the better of “Scarlet”.

My main concern, though, is I’ve been using ‘but’, ‘as’, ‘though’, and ‘because’ too much that it’s getting irritating. Thanks to my sister for reminding me that I can cut the lines to drop off the weak words. ;)

And for the record, seeing that it’s December 23^rd when I’ve started proofreading the story at December 22^nd, 9 P.M., I didn’t feel tired at all. In fact, I feel like I could be awake the whole night. It won’t be a good option, though, since my head is starting to ache but I still don’t want to sleep. [there goes the ‘though’ and ‘but’ again. Ugh]

Oh yeah, there’s a tip I’ve read; you need to abandon your story for a month or two. The “A” word seems pretty scary, but it seems like a good tip. I mean, it would be a good one to see your story in a new perspective. As far as I’ve edited today, I just abandoned my story like—let’s say—23 or 24 days? Geez, I need to abandon it once more before revising it again. I hope I can finish proofreading this and be contented with it before January 30, because that’s when my free 5 paperbacks from Createspace.com expires.

Wish me luck :) Happy Holidays and procrastination, be gone!