- Am I the only person who can spend days on end writing and tweaking and writing and tweaking a story of less than 1000 words? Seriously. This is ridiculous.

1. No you aren't.
2. No it's not. It's called polishing, and it's why your stuff is so damn good. And I'll bet an order of Thai mango chicken that everyone who isn't either a) Shakespeare or b) Joyce Carol Oates or c) Isaac Asimov does it.