Oh no, not again

[hmmnmm]

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[neonlyte]

I just find it maddeningly interesting: why, if you catch flubs and blunders and hitches, say, the fourth and fifth, and sixth time, how come the mind doesn't just catch them the first time?

The mind sees what it wants to hear. It's usually praise. Blessed be the proof reader for they shall inherit the split infinative.

 

[kendo1]

hmm.
We see what we thought we had written, not what is actually written.

Good to see you back.

 

[hmmnmm]

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[Quiet_Cool]

I've discussed this before, so pardon the redundancy. But I'm still amazed, not at the what but the why. What goes on in the mind or why we see something one way one time then see it in so many other ways the next day or even moments later.

Like, deciding to attempt another prose work. Worked on it a couple weeks. Finally last night printed it out, took it to the kitchen table, looked it over, a few marks here and there but overall appeared satisfactory. "Just a few touch ups here and there - do it tomorrow - and you might just have something."

So I do those touch ups this morning, print it out again, feeling pretty good about it. But then those little frowns, "okay, missed that one... missed that one... oh no! that's terrible!... how'd that paragraph end up like that?"

Then it's like, "that's The Last time. No matter what it says, how it reads." But there's always the one or two that nag like a splinter. Of course, you hope it can just be left the way it is, but your conscience doesn't leave you alone until you address it.

What I expected to read over with a calm confidence this morning, after the touch ups, is now all marked up again. If it wasn't such a pleasurable endeavor for its own sake, it would appear hopeless.

I just find it maddeningly interesting: why, if you catch flubs and blunders and hitches, say, the fourth and fifth, and sixth time, how come the mind doesn't just catch them the first time?

Human error sucks. Problem you're having: Each time you proofread, you're still as human as when you wrote it.

Moreover, when you proofread your own work, it gets to be an issue that they're you're words, meaning you know what you intended to sy when you wrote it. When you're reading something not knowing, the focusing on each word is easy given the necessity of each for you to understand. When you already understand, that focus loses its importance. You miss the details because you already understand the main point.

Help any?

Q_C

 

[CharleyH]

I've discussed this before, so pardon the redundancy. But I'm still amazed, not at the what but the why. What goes on in the mind or why we see something one way one time then see it in so many other ways the next day or even moments later.

Imagine a world where we saw things in the same light every minute of every day. To imagine is one of the reasons why 'Alice In Wonderland' still remains a favourite story of mine.

 

[Stella_Omega]

(pardon me, I'm just stalking Charley)

Proofreading is so frustrating. I've been in offices, where a presentation gets passed from hand to hand to hand to hand. Every minute aspect gets overseen, looked over argued about. And, yet, when the thing finally goes to press, the client's name is mispelled in the headline... nobody ever noticed!

 

[CharleyH]

(pardon me, I'm just stalking Charley)

Proofreading is so frustrating. I've been in offices, where a presentation gets passed from hand to hand to hand to hand. Every minute aspect gets overseen, looked over argued about. And, yet, when the thing finally goes to press, the client's name is mispelled in the headline... nobody ever noticed!

Imagine THAT!

Sorry, dunno what else to say after my last post, Stell.

Listening to, mm, some sensual unplugged lull of "Wrapped around your finger" by Tori Amos. It's heavenly distracting.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Imagine THAT!

Sorry, dunno what else to say after my last post, Stell.

Listening to, mm, some sensual unplugged lull of "Wrapped around your finger" by Tori Amos. It's heavenly distracting.

Uh, yeah.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX-_0QWVMqU

 

[slyc_willie]

I've discussed this before, so pardon the redundancy. But I'm still amazed, not at the what but the why. What goes on in the mind or why we see something one way one time then see it in so many other ways the next day or even moments later.

I just find it maddeningly interesting: why, if you catch flubs and blunders and hitches, say, the fourth and fifth, and sixth time, how come the mind doesn't just catch them the first time?

To borrow from the oracle: What really bakes my noodle is why we make the mistakes in the first place. I mean, we know what we intend to say, we know how to spell the words, yet we consistently make mistakes. Is it a matter of hand-eye coordination, or a matter of the intent being lost in translation?

 

[hmmnmm]

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