Taken to the extreme, invention is straight up creation. No holds barred, no rules, just anything that comes out.
Revision on the other hand, is completely rule based. You take what you created, apply some rules to it, and edit it until it comes out nicely.
Obviously invention sounds much more enticing than revision, and it is. But don't go foolishly thinking that we should do away with revision altogether. It's very much a necessity. While inventing, we're revising things as we jot it down/sculpting/what have you. If we were to do away with it completely, we'd be dealing with nothing but mess.
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