It is interesting to look at the word in connection with revision.
Re - vision Re - solve
The etymology of revision is, of course, to see again. In the example of my current work it is too see again and again and again. But hey, I'm not complaining...well, maybe a little.
The etymology of resolve is more complex - I include it below to show this, as I cannot figure out how to say it! To have granite resolve, one must break down one's ideas to their essential elements. Huh?
resolve (v.)
late 14c., "melt, dissolve, reduce to liquid;" intransitive sense from c. 1400; from Old French resolver or directly from Latin resolvere "to loosen, loose, unyoke, undo; explain; relax; set free; make void, dispel," from re-, perhaps intensive, or "back" (see re-), + solvere "to loosen, untie, release, explain," from PIE *se-lu-, from reflexive pronoun *s(w)e- (see idiom) + root *leu- "to loosen, divide, cut apart."
resolve (n.)
"determination, firmness or fixedness of purpose; a determination," 1590s, from resolve (v.).
However, I do somewhat understand, even if I can't explain it.
Why do we need resolve in order to revise? Without a fixedness of purpose (see P) my determination fails and I dissolve into a mess of indecision.
So, I hereby resolve to work on my revision for two hours a day, until it is done!
3 comments:
I absolutely love this choice, Jan! It is so important to have resolve when editing and writing. That's the inner strength you need to keep going, to change what needs to be changed, and to invest the time and energy to do it.
Thanks for writiing this
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