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If you weren't aware, I normally "update" posts after I've published them.


What does this mean?

Insights:

Well, it tells you at least three things about me:

1. I typically publish my posts before they're really ready. I feel compelled to publish posts immediately after I first draft them. It then takes me a day or two to go back and revise what I've written, looking especially for spelling and grammar. Example.

2. I listen to my readers. I depend on initial comments to make judgmental revisions and better cater the post's topic to the audience. Most of the time, I just write for myself. A second, and sometimes third, look is required to make the post universally interesting.

3. After reading what I've written, I often discover that I really don't agree with my own opinion. This results in spot-edits, for example, adding a "not" in front of words or replacing phrases like "irreparable damage" to "incalculable benefits."

*Sometimes, when I'm feeling undervalued, I post shocking and controversial material to provoke comments, which I will then respect and make the appropriate changes.

Conclusions:

1. If you desire to assist me in my blogging effort, then either visit more frequently and comment more. If you want to maximize your blog-visiting experience, then visit every 1 1/2 days and read the posts that are 3 and 4 down; your comments will typically not be reflected in post revisions after about 2 days.

2. You have a degree of control over what I post.

3. The more you comment, the more time I will invest in my posts making them even more insightful and inspiring. The less feedback I receive, the more base, yet strangely captivating my posts will respectively become. . .


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Listening to: Cascada - Everytime We Touch

Comments

  1. HeatherWed Mar 25, 03:07:00 PM MDT

    I have in fact, recently noticed that you publish too early. Once you're in the reader, many people just read that and never see your completed work.

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  2. Julie TWed Mar 25, 09:32:00 PM MDT

    Unfortunately that is true- at least, I agree! Most of us don't have the leisure or at least opportunity to ever return...I would really receive much more enjoyment if you took the time to think it through and edit more before you went public- and you can still reverse your opinion or change things if you want-it's just that mostly newcomers will be aware of those changes.

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  3. NoelleThu Mar 26, 09:18:00 AM MDT

    Yes, Heather's comment is very true. I read your stuff in reader now. If and when I go back to comment later, I usually skim the post but don't reread it. I can't believe that sometimes you change your opinion completely to the other end of the spectrum!

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