{"id":177,"date":"2018-01-28T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coreassistance.com\/tips\/?p=177"},"modified":"2018-01-22T18:03:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T01:03:32","slug":"dont-revise-as-you-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coreassistance.com\/tips\/2018\/01\/28\/dont-revise-as-you-write\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Revise as You Write"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Writing and editing are two seperate processes.  You write, then you edit.  Trying to do both at the same time leads to frustration and subpar copy.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Writing something down transforms it from an ephemeral thought into real, tangible words.  Concepts in your head are in a constant state of flux.  They&#8217;re living, slippery things that are all but impossible to get a firm grip on.  That&#8217;s why writing them down is so powerful.<\/p>\n<p>If you write something down and then immediately try to revise it what you&#8217;re really doing is trying to compare concrete words on the page with a wiggly, dynamic thought in your head.  It&#8217;s like comparing apples and oranges.  No, it&#8217;s like comparing an apple sitting still on a table with an orange that&#8217;s being blended into a smoothie.<\/p>\n<p>The only real way to avoid making these unfair comparisons is to write everything down first, then go back and edit.  That&#8217;s the only way to know that you&#8217;ve truly picked the best words to convey your thoughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out why it&#8217;s critical to keep writing and editing separate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coreassistance.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coreassistance.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coreassistance.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coreassistance.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coreassistance.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/coreassistance.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216,"href":"https:\/\/coreassistance.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions\/216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coreassistance.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coreassistance.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coreassistance.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}