How much do you edit your work before you post it?
LaKu
Joined 6th Dec 2012
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Lost Thinker
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I usually start writing a poem and I don't edit it at all, maybe change a couple of words as it moves on and after a couple of months later maybe change some bits if I read it again and feel differently. When I write a song, on the other hand, I keep changing it constantly!
Northern1
Joined 15th Apr 2016
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Fire of Insight
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i slash and swap left and right and sometimes i even edit after posting, but once i'm fully happy with it, that's that it's done.
headlight_eyes
Joined 25th Apr 2016
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Lost Thinker
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I don't edit very much, I just keep and eye out for missing/repeated words, and spelling errors after I finish.
jemac
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Dangerous Mind
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Joined 25th Jan 2013Forum Posts: 237
Hardly at all ... usually a phrase just comes, if I don't act on it right away .. it goes.
if I stick with it then it all just comes together
if I stick with it then it all just comes together
Anonymous
I work with a picture that is interesting and colorful , break it down into smaller chunks and have at it.
UbiquitousVoid
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Thought Provoker
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I hardly ever edit my work. However, every single line I write is given time to come to me, so that there is never a need to edit.
Anonymous
I try and edit as much as possible. In most cases, I send my pieces to trusted people before I publish, so they can give it the once over and check the poem works. Another pair of eyes is always useful.
Definitely run it through a spell check. Nothing worse than a spelling error.
Definitely run it through a spell check. Nothing worse than a spelling error.
Anonymous
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rabbitquest
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Dangerous Mind
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Joined 20th May 2012Forum Posts: 2051
i reslly dont never ever rdit my work
i really think
i really think people
who edit there work are loosers
so thats what i think.
i really think
i really think people
who edit there work are loosers
so thats what i think.
tmoj
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Twisted Dreamer
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Joined 2nd Nov 2016Forum Posts: 57
Not much
Anonymous
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Anonymous
“Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
MyTruthBeTold517
Joined 10th Aug 2017
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Strange Creature
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As many times it takes till I'm am satisfied with what I am trying to convey.
Amorous_tryst
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Dangerous Mind
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I once heard somewhere when asked "How do you know when you're finished editing?"
The response was "When you get the piece out to edit again and you feel like vomiting!"
Thankfully I have a strong stomach.
The response was "When you get the piece out to edit again and you feel like vomiting!"
Thankfully I have a strong stomach.
LobodeSanPedro
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Tyrant of Words
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Just enough so it's not "complete shit" ... just "shit".