Comments on: The Best Bloggers Edit http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/the-best-bloggers-edit/ Helping you learn more and do more with WordPress Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:31:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: How Long Does It Take You to Write a Blog Post? : The Blog Herald http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/the-best-bloggers-edit/#comment-906059 How Long Does It Take You to Write a Blog Post? : The Blog Herald Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:59:50 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/the-best-bloggers-edit/#comment-906059 [...] made recently about how often most bloggers preview their post before publishing, a lot more bloggers edit their work than most people assume, taking care that the writing is good, grammar solid, and spelling the best [...] [...] made recently about how often most bloggers preview their post before publishing, a lot more bloggers edit their work than most people assume, taking care that the writing is good, grammar solid, and spelling the best [...]

]]> By: Are You Blogging With Paper Bags and Pinks? : The Blog Herald http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/the-best-bloggers-edit/#comment-900274 Are You Blogging With Paper Bags and Pinks? : The Blog Herald Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:31:13 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/the-best-bloggers-edit/#comment-900274 [...] publicly that we shouldn’t say, but a good blogger gets their head screwed on straight and edits their work to ensure they are making the point they want to make and there are no paper bags or pinks laying [...] [...] publicly that we shouldn’t say, but a good blogger gets their head screwed on straight and edits their work to ensure they are making the point they want to make and there are no paper bags or pinks laying [...]

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]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/the-best-bloggers-edit/#comment-31944 Lorelle VanFossen Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:21:50 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/the-best-bloggers-edit/#comment-31944 I totally agree. Which is why my office was just filled with screams of agony when Jay caught that, for all intent and purposes, minor boo boo which was the result of a technical glitch, not the intent of the time I spent spell checking and making sure that this said what I wanted it to say, without saying too much or too little. I usually don't publish posts that mostly blockquote others. But the points were made in the quotes, so this one required a little more attention. My husband said, "Honey, it's a little thing. Don't stress it." But I do. As you said, I fuss over my words. I grill every word and letter through the torture test of my own editing. Sure I make mistakes, that's just part of the process, and I fix them when I find them, but I want to make sure that they are the best they can be when I hit the publish button. As with my photography and any work I do, the writing I do on my blogs is a reflection of me, my values, and my standards. It is my resume. As Phil said, want to know how good I am as a person, read me. ;-) I totally agree. Which is why my office was just filled with screams of agony when Jay caught that, for all intent and purposes, minor boo boo which was the result of a technical glitch, not the intent of the time I spent spell checking and making sure that this said what I wanted it to say, without saying too much or too little. I usually don’t publish posts that mostly blockquote others. But the points were made in the quotes, so this one required a little more attention.

My husband said, “Honey, it’s a little thing. Don’t stress it.” But I do. As you said, I fuss over my words. I grill every word and letter through the torture test of my own editing. Sure I make mistakes, that’s just part of the process, and I fix them when I find them, but I want to make sure that they are the best they can be when I hit the publish button.

As with my photography and any work I do, the writing I do on my blogs is a reflection of me, my values, and my standards. It is my resume. As Phil said, want to know how good I am as a person, read me. ;-)

]]> By: Dan Butcher http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/the-best-bloggers-edit/#comment-31942 Dan Butcher Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:08:43 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/the-best-bloggers-edit/#comment-31942 The blogger *and* writing teacher in me say, "Go Lorelle!" Blogging is a very slow process for me because I do take revision seriously. I read my post aloud (several times), take out words, find typos, rephrase, and revise. All other things being equal, revision is the difference between good writing and excellent writing. The fact that we are blogging doesn't mean that good writing doesn't matter, and it's no excuse for typos. There's a site I visit pretty regularly that offers free services to bloggers, and almost every time I visit, I see typos in posts from the creators of the service (sometimes in the first sentence!). For me, this makes we wary of their advice on blogging. Spellcheck takes little time (I use the Spellbound Development extension in Firefox--I think you recommended it) and will catch most typos. I would also suggest that a failure to revise and proofread shows a lack of respect for our readers; taking the time to make my writing the best that it can be hopefully communicates that I care about the reader's experience and want it to be pleasant and trouble-free. Any of us will make a mistake from time to time, but our blogs should not be characterized by such. The blogger *and* writing teacher in me say, “Go Lorelle!” Blogging is a very slow process for me because I do take revision seriously. I read my post aloud (several times), take out words, find typos, rephrase, and revise. All other things being equal, revision is the difference between good writing and excellent writing. The fact that we are blogging doesn’t mean that good writing doesn’t matter, and it’s no excuse for typos. There’s a site I visit pretty regularly that offers free services to bloggers, and almost every time I visit, I see typos in posts from the creators of the service (sometimes in the first sentence!). For me, this makes we wary of their advice on blogging. Spellcheck takes little time (I use the Spellbound Development extension in Firefox–I think you recommended it) and will catch most typos. I would also suggest that a failure to revise and proofread shows a lack of respect for our readers; taking the time to make my writing the best that it can be hopefully communicates that I care about the reader’s experience and want it to be pleasant and trouble-free. Any of us will make a mistake from time to time, but our blogs should not be characterized by such.

]]> By: iface thoughts » Blog Archive » From Fear To Satisfaction http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/the-best-bloggers-edit/#comment-31890 iface thoughts » Blog Archive » From Fear To Satisfaction Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:49:56 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/the-best-bloggers-edit/#comment-31890 [...] I have started to edit my posts (it is not sufficient a lot of times), and started giving just a little more to it. [...] [...] I have started to edit my posts (it is not sufficient a lot of times), and started giving just a little more to it. [...]

]]> By: mandarine http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/the-best-bloggers-edit/#comment-31845 mandarine Tue, 29 Aug 2006 05:55:34 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/the-best-bloggers-edit/#comment-31845 It reminds me of an anecdote about Winston Churchill that my brother was quoting (I have to take his word for it, for I could not find a reference to this fact on the web): one day a young civil servant comes and delivers a 100-page report about an urgent strategic matter. The next day, Churchill hands the report back saying: 'It is a fine report; still, probably too cluttered and confuse -- can you make it any clearer and more concise ?' The young lad goes back to work and comes back with a 50-page rewritten report. Again, Churchill hands it back the next day: 'It was really clearer; yet, I cannot help thinking it would benefit from being even shorter and to the point'. Again, the author goes back to rewrite. Until a moment when Churchill hands back the ten-page nth version of the document, and at the word of 'however', the poor lad breaks into tears, confessing he has worked so much there is really nothing more he can do. Then Churchill answers: 'Thank you -- I can start reading it then.' It reminds me of an anecdote about Winston Churchill that my brother was quoting (I have to take his word for it, for I could not find a reference to this fact on the web): one day a young civil servant comes and delivers a 100-page report about an urgent strategic matter. The next day, Churchill hands the report back saying: ‘It is a fine report; still, probably too cluttered and confuse — can you make it any clearer and more concise ?’ The young lad goes back to work and comes back with a 50-page rewritten report. Again, Churchill hands it back the next day: ‘It was really clearer; yet, I cannot help thinking it would benefit from being even shorter and to the point’. Again, the author goes back to rewrite. Until a moment when Churchill hands back the ten-page nth version of the document, and at the word of ‘however’, the poor lad breaks into tears, confessing he has worked so much there is really nothing more he can do.

Then Churchill answers: ‘Thank you — I can start reading it then.’

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