I think what you actually learn is the art of self-editing.

我想真正学到的就是自我编辑的技艺。

youdao

The problem is he doesn't really know what the best bits are: he's not massively good at self-editing.

问题是他并不知道哪些是自己的最好的部分：他不知道该如何打理自己。

youdao

Yet, compared to how most of us write, constantly self-editing every other sentence, it's just horribly inefficient.

但是，相比我们大部分人的写作，每隔一句话不断的自编，效率低得简直令人发指。

youdao

If one isn't providing the overwhelming temptation to spit out slavish rehash after slavish rehash, the other often walks hand-in-hand with the philosophy that self-editing is for the artistically compromised.

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