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How much do you edit your work before you post it?

Posted: 22nd April 2016 3:09am
LaKu
LaKu
Lost Thinker
Greece
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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!

Posted: 1st May 2016 2:29pm
Northern1
Northern1
Fire of Insight
Iceland
Joined 15th Apr 2016
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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.

Posted: 1st May 2016 2:56pm
headlight_eyes
headlight_eyes
Lost Thinker
Australia
Joined 25th Apr 2016
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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.

Posted: 1st May 2016 4:16pm
jemac
jemac
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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

Posted: 2nd May 2016 7:19am
poet Anonymous
I work with a picture that is interesting and colorful , break it down into smaller chunks and have at it.

Posted: 1st October 2016 8:34pm
UbiquitousVoid
UbiquitousVoid
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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.

Posted: 1st October 2016 9:52pm
poet 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.

Posted: 15th January 2017 4:06am
poet Anonymous
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Posted: 15th January 2017 6:25am
Edited: 15th January 2017 6:56am - edited 5 times
rabbitquest
rabbitquest
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Ukraine 2awards
Joined 20th May 2012
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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.




Posted: 15th January 2017 7:09am
tmoj
tmoj
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Not much

Posted: 11th February 2017 00:12am
Edited: 28th March 2020 6:17am - edited 2 times
poet Anonymous
modifying comment, erasing

Posted: 11th February 2017 8:23am
poet 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

Posted: 10th August 2017 5:03pm
MyTruthBeTold517
MyTruthBeTold517
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Joined 10th Aug 2017
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As many times it takes till I'm am satisfied with what I am trying to convey.

Posted: 10th August 2017 6:10pm
Amorous_tryst
Amorous_tryst
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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.

Posted: 10th August 2017 6:35pm
LobodeSanPedro
LobodeSanPedro
Tyrant of Words
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Just enough so it's not "complete shit" ... just "shit".

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