The importance of drafts
When I first started Brad’s Reader many moons ago, I would fire up my blogging program, pound out a post and click the "publish" button without giving it a second thought. Then as time went on I began to notice typos, embarrassing spelling errors, and sentences that were just plain awkward.
Nowadays, before I even write the first sentence of a post, I set the status to "draft" so when I save the post it won’t go "live" on the blog. When the post is complete, I save it, and then I carefully read through each word. I’m often surprised at how much I end up editing. I usually delete a lot of awkward sentences and phrases, and even a few bad paragraphs.
Hopefully taking the extra time to edit my posts have made them better, easier to read and maybe even more entertaining for you.
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