Though you have to also keep in perspective how terrible YOUR writing would be if you had to write a biz school app in Korean. That’s the only thought that kept me soldiering on through the hundreds of apps I’ve edited.

Also, believe it or not, it DOES make you a better writer. It’s like, you already know all the rules, and you’re already a good writer, but when you’ve corrected passive voice a thousand times your writing just comes out better. I mean, it takes less work — it’s more automatic and needs less revision to sound polished and “right.”

At least in my case, I think the app editing made my already-glittering prose truly blinding in its intensity.