The Cringe Effect

As a writing intern at a real estate company, I'm getting used to churning out content on demand - press releases, feature articles, ad copy, you name it and I write it on a daily basis.

However, in the midst of increasing my content to coffee ratio, I've also perfected the cringe.

The cringe is what happens every time I re-read old content of mine. It doesn't matter if I wrote it an hour ago or two years ago - it always makes me cringe. I'm immediately blinded by all the errors glaring at me - grammar mistakes, unnecessary words, etc.

When I initially became a writer, I dreaded reading my own work, knowing it would cause the cringe effect. But now I'm trying to view it in a more positive manner.

The fact that I can read my old work and recognize the mistakes shows how much I am learning about the written word. If I ever look over work and think it is perfection, then I need to change majors and careers.

For my writing to reach its full potential, it must stay in a constant state of progression. So I consider every cringe to be a testament to my education...

Or so I tell myself.