I DON'T KNOW!
I freewrite. Then I go back and quickly proofread just for typos. I finally actually read it and I am almost always as surprised as you are when I finish reading. I touch it up after that without changing content at all, because if I start to tinker with it there is no "skillfull crafting" going on, they always get worse, muddied, contrived. So as much as possible I try to publish them exactly as they came out. Then I get to learn something.
I once interviewed a nanny with speech like that. For some reason (all my closest friends were shrinks in those days, no kidding 100%) I knew it was caused by psychotropic medications, and did not consider her. I saw that woman as I wrote this. Otherwise, all pur imagination. Well, except for the useless husband.
This is so true of me when I try to paint anything (esp. cats on wood slices):
I love the real-life elements you pull in and weave into the tapestry.
Somehow, you get it all right the first time! Only little tweaks - no major reconstruction.
I haven't got the energy to work hard on a story right now, or the interest. I used to enter contests that require more work, and I could take pleasure in them, but now it just taxes my mind too much. I don't want to think hard.