Writing

The number one thing I have to feel about each post before I release it is respect. I need to respect my own work and have it be something I am proud of. I feel proud of my work, but there are things I struggle with. To me, editing and conciseness are the hardest factors in writing. One of the reasons I have been so passionate about my work here is to improve these weakness' of mine. I try to use a thesaurus to help with my word choice and make sure to edit everything I post, but mistakes can still be found. In addition, I feel stagnant as an editor, not feeling much different than how I was months or even a year ago. I make mistakes like using the incorrect are vs our, then vs than, or there vs their, simple things. One problem I see myself having is an over-reliance on Grammarly. Grammarly is a website which helps edit text for the writer. While I make sure their edit makes sense, I often do not go as in-depth personally within the editing process because of my use of this website. I may understand why the code made the edit it did, but that does not mean I would catch it myself.

In the end, no matter if I use Grammarly or not I always edit my papers myself. One of the most successful tactics I have found is reading my pieces out loud. I catch mistakes at a much greater rate while reading my posts out loud. With this, I know I have the ability to see my mistakes, and I think one thing that could help me is reading my pieces out loud more then once. This tactic is something I feel successful in using, but even with reading my pieces out loud, I face a greater obstacle that this tactic can not overcome alone.

I can be a drag on my own work. When I have finished writing a piece I feel like I have reached the finish line. This is not true, because editing is essential for any good work. Not only do I feel finished when I have put the last word down, I believe this finished feeling makes me short change my own editing process. Editing is not fun, and feeling mentally tired after "finishing" a piece makes it even more strenuous. I simply need to put more of an importance on editing. My conciseness is a different problem, being something that I really feel I have made strides on. Some blog casualties have especially helped me in this area. Drafts on Wix Blog do not automatically save one hundred percent of the time, and I have lost quite a few drafts due to my computer freezing and it not having been saved. This has caused me to rewrite pieces, for example, some of the board game posts I put out. I always feel much better with these rewritten pieces then I did with the original. I get to the point much faster and do not straddle on unnecessary details. I hope to grow further as a writer, tackling these weakness' and continuing to put out pieces that I feel proud of. I really do appreciate all those who read my words, and I wanted to just let you know somethings I am working on too. Thank you for reading