Comments on: Quick Tip: Don’t Edit your First Draft

By: Editing: Part 3 - When should I start editing? : Lillie Ammann, Writer & Editor

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 06:46:22 +0000

[...] writers agree with me. Eric Eggertson at Common Sense PR wrote: Only when you have the structure of the piece where you want it to be should you bother [...]

By: vishal gurav

vishal gurav — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:41:38 +0000

how should i improve my communication skill.

By: A Writer’s Words, An Editor’s Eye » Blog Archive » Editing: Part 3 - When and how should I start editing?

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:15:10 +0000

[...] writers agree with me. Eric Eggertson at Common Sense PR [...]

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Links for 01-01-2008 | Velcro City Tourist Board — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 03:21:54 +0000

[...] – Quick Tip: Don’t Edit your First Draft “Only when you have the structure of the piece where you want it to be should you bother [...]

By: Best Communications Tips - 2007

Best Communications Tips - 2007 — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:48:42 +0000

[...] Don’t Edit your First Draft [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:14:22 +0000

I agree entirely and try to teach this to my kids and to students I have had. You also mention something that a lot of people forget – an outline. If you go through the process of outlining, then a draft, then check against outline and check for structure, then polish, you will actually get a lot more done. And you won’t forget the details. Often details are left out because to much time was spent on “word choice” and “sound.”

By: Ike

Ike — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:21:26 +0000

My problem is interruptions. With kids and clients and chapters nipping at the heels at all times, I am hard-pressed to roll anything resembling coherence out my blog.

Assuming, of course, there was any value there to being with.

By: Nancy Pierce, Zeal PR, Inc.

Nancy Pierce, Zeal PR, Inc. — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:51:43 +0000

My writing mentor taught me to write using the “diarrhea method” — he said I should just go SPLAT and get it all out, then go back and clean it up. Kind of graphic, but I’ve never forgotten it!

By: What? Don’t Edit Your First Draft???

What? Don’t Edit Your First Draft??? — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:15:28 +0000

[...] Eric, over at Common Sense PR stopped me cold with this headline: Don’t Edit your First Draft [...]

By: Anne Wayman

Anne Wayman — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:07:36 +0000

I looked at the headline and went “what!!!!!” But you’re so right Eric! So many people get caught in details like typos way before they should and it stops them cold.

I have a friend, oh never mind, we all do… friends who can’t get passed the first ‘graph… you know.