Whenever I write I always end up finding it difficult to get the correct balance. Some parts seem too threadbare, so I spruce them up when required. Then, on second readthrough, I'll notice that I'm boring myself into a coma on a certain paragraph, so then i'll trim down until I can read my work and not want to be sick into my mouth. Four or five edits later, I'm there.

I think there was maybe one thread in my whole time here that I was happy with on my first try.