My first day at the WVU Press started with a bang. I walked into the room had a 20 minute conversations with my supervisor, then spent the next three or so hours looking over a document we're working on for visual mistakes.
It wasn't a test or practice document. It was the real thing. It was at that moment I realized that what I as doing was real. I mean, I knew I was going to work on real things but it never really hit me until then.
Needless to say I was nervous. Mistakes didn't mean a slightly lower grade. If I make a mistake it means more work for others or possibly the mistakes will remain.
I guess up until that point I've always looked at documents from the writer's point of view. To me the process ends when you finish writing. Not anymore though.
I pretty much spent the rest of the week looking over the document, occasionally taking breaks to scan things in. I hardly even noticed when four hours have passed. It's so weird. Looking through the document kinda reminds me of when I write stories. Everything just sorta disappears and eons could pass before I'd realize it.
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