# How long should I let a finished script rest before reviewing it myself, what attitude should I take, and how many revisions should I make, according to Sargent (1916, Ch. LXIII)?

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1916 practice (Ch. LXIII paras 10, 26, 27). Sargent gives one waiting period, 'a few weeks', for first enthusiasm to fade, then an earnest search for failings, regarding the story as another's work. He admits that detachment is seldom fully attainable, warns against discouragement, and distinguishes being critical from being fault-finding. He asks for several revisions 'some weeks apart', continuing even after the story is circulating. No numbers beyond 'a few weeks' and 'some weeks apart' appear in the chapter, and he gives no way to check that detachment was achieved.

1916 practice (Ch. LXIII paras 10, 26, 27). Sargent gives one waiting period, 'a few weeks', for first enthusiasm to fade, then an earnest search for failings, regarding the story as another's work. He admits that detachment is seldom fully attainable, warns against discouragement, and distinguishes being critical from being fault-finding. He asks for several revisions 'some weeks apart', continuing even after the story is circulating. No numbers beyond 'a few weeks' and 'some weeks apart' appear in the chapter, and he gives no way to check that detachment was achieved.

Curator qualifications: Self-criticism rules, the twelve stock rejection glosses and the ten-question test are verified as Sargent's text; his own run on Example A is reported as his reading. The 'no audience trial' scope claim holds: 'spectator' appears only as an interest criterion.

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- [sourced_fact] 1916 practice (Ch. LXIII paras 10, 26, 27). Sargent gives one waiting period, 'a few weeks', for first enthusiasm to fade, then an earnest search for failings, regarding the story as another's work. He admits that detachment is seldom fully attainable, warns against discouragement, and distinguishes being critical from being fault-finding. He asks for several revisions 'some weeks apart', continuing even after the story is circulating. No numbers beyond 'a few weeks' and 'some weeks apart' appear in the chapter, and he gives no way to check that detachment was achieved. · locator: sar.flat (a3cff7eb) ch. LXIII offsets per candidate · source: https://archive.org/stream/techniqueofphoto00sarg/techniqueofphoto00sarg_djvu.txt

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