This post from our resident ghostwriter first published here on April 29, 2010. There are stories told about Mozart, brought to life in the 1984 movie Amadeus , that Mozart could simply sit down and write perfect music without ever having to amend, change, fix, tweak, or rewrite. Music so beautiful it sounded like the angels wrote it flowed out of his leaky fountain pen, his fingers propelled by God. Despite loving the movie, I never believed those stories about Mozart. I would bet a lot of money that he revised and edited, just like everyone else. In fact, a friend of mine attended a lecture given by a composer who had acquired a copy of an original Mozart piece of music. It was nearly impossible to read because of the scribbles Mozart had made all over it. But even if it was true of Mozart that he needed no editing or revisions – I am not Mozart. Nor is anyone else I know. As I write, I know that I will think of ways to make my writing more compelling, that I’ll go back an...