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2026-02-27 15:40 UTC
#WritersCoffeeClub day 27: Do you edit while you write? What are the pros and cons?
At least a little, yes. I'm constantly testing and reëvaluating as I write, and I often back up and change things. I can't just spew words onto the page willy-nilly; I need to try to make them at least _somewhat_ decent. (Although if something's really becoming a sticking point, I'll just put a note for myself like FIX_THIS_LATER and move on.) 1/3
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@kagan@wandering.shop 2026-02-27 15:40
The pros are, I sincerely hope, that it gets me a reasonably polished first draft, not an awful mess. The cons are that I write slowly. And that annoys the hell out of me. Anyway, I said that I edit "a little" as I write, because I simply can't stop myself. But OTOH, I'm also being as firm as I can about not doing a full editing pass until I'm done with the first draft. I'm sincerely *trying* to "write first, edit later", I'm just fairly bad at it. 2/3 #WritersCoffeeClub