I agree with everything Grace has said 247%. I've had it happen so many times too; betas always end up pointing out what I wasn't sure of, something that made me pause too. Never in my life has anyone pointed out to something I thought I'd done brilliantly and disagreed. Analysing your work (and others) and self-editing is also about honing that instinct.
Also, HARD same on fics being full of scenes that drag the pacing. Few 100k fics I've read deserved to be that length. Which is also why when you analyse fave works to see how they work, you should also (if not mainly) do it for pubbed books: they've been professionally edited.
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Date: 2020-04-22 06:49 am (UTC)Also, HARD same on fics being full of scenes that drag the pacing. Few 100k fics I've read deserved to be that length. Which is also why when you analyse fave works to see how they work, you should also (if not mainly) do it for pubbed books: they've been professionally edited.