iterative -- Jack

it·er·a·tive (t-rtv, -r--tv)

adj.

1. Characterized by or involving repetition, recurrence, reiteration, or repetitiousness.

2. Grammar Frequentative.

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Writing is often an iterative process, an ongoing process of revision, that teenage boys like Jack often don't have the patience for.