Welcome back to another Sunday Poser

This week another blog related question;
When you re-visit your blog posts, do you feel you could have written or said it better?
Since I make many typos and grammatical mistakes when I write my posts on my phone, I often read my posts when they are published and when I see mistakes, I go back and edit them there and then.
When I rarely open a post published a while ago, perhaps for the purpose of sharing it again, I see many mistakes there and feel that I could have written it better. Maybe used less words or said it differently. If I am going to post it again, I often correct my mistakes or reformat these posts. I wish I had a lot of spare time to clean-up and refresh whole of the content of my blog, like Paula and Rory have done. Maybe one day I will.
What do you do when you find that your previous posts could have been written better or have mistakes in them. Do you correct them or move on to new things?
Please share your thoughts in the comments section or you can write your own posts and link them to this one so that I can find them.
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Often 🙏 Faux
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Same here. Thanks
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I constantly revise my posts and not only for actual errors. I want everything to be consistent, so if I add a new tag, I go back and find all the relevant posts so I can put the tag on. I spend a lot of time revising old writing!
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That’s just perfect! If I had time I’d do too. I knew you had done a lot of reorganization and that’s why I mentioned you. Thanks for sharing!
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I rarely go back to far away posts. I too, see mistakes once published, and go back to fix them when I see them. My keyboard likes to skip letters now and again. Add that to my poor typing skills and errors are a plenty.
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It’s the same here. Typing on phone makes for lots of typos. Thanks for sharing Lauren
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Usually when I go back and read what I wrote, if you all could hear me! “I WROTE THAT!” I scream in my mind!
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It happens to me too. But sometimes I’m pleasantly surprised too.
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Hahahaha
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🤩🤣
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Here’s mine Sadje
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2021/11/07/sunday-poser-53/
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Thanks 🙏🏼
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I spend ages when writing a new piece changing this and that, then I say to myself that will do and press publish. Then I edit it several times and so it goes on! As for old posts, I’ve never read one that I couldn’t improve!
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I never found any mistakes in your posts. As for the graphics in your posts, they are just amazing
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That’s so kind of you Sadje, thank you. I often spend longer on the graphics than I do on the story!
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And it shows! You’re welcome
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I almost always find something to correct immediately after hitting publish, so I go back to fix it. Real old posts, I don’t. 🙂
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Haha! We are birthday twins for a reason.
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I agree! ❤
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I edit as I go, plus re-read the whole thing before I push “Publish” so there’s very little change after a post is published. Unless there’s something I really messed up. Here’s my link (although the ping back worked great!) https://sparksfromacombustiblemind.com/2021/11/07/sunday-poser-53-7-11-2021/
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Thanks Melanie. I do that too. But the moment I go back to read my posts a few errors jump out at me! 🤪
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Since I do the Redux posts (welcoming back earlier thoughts), I find myself reading them again and when needed, touching them up. That can include punctuation, spelling, flow, or content. But generally, once it’s written, I leave it in the past. Like you though, if I see it come up, say a repost somewhere else and I notice a mistake, I will edit it. Great question, Sadje!
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Thanks Susi for sharing. I’ve never seen a mistake or error in your posts.
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Maybe it’s because I got to them before you saw them! 😉 But thank you for that. My hope is that I can present the best work possible.
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You do that, no doubt. You’re welcome
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I’m a bit slap happy with the posts, as I’m often time poor. If it’s a glaring error I’ll fix it, but often I just shrug it off.
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That’s a cool attitude. Thanks Deb
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I rarely reread older posts, honestly. When I do, I usually do find something I could improve, but I don’t edit posts once published except for typeos and to recategorize them or edit tags occasionally.
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Thanks Astrid for sharing your thoughts! I think that it’s not usually required and takes up too much time.
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too many proses to do that~
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Indeed.
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A great question. I always edit when I see something that is an issue, spelling, grammar or otherwise. Today it is usually that I might get an insight for a poem, a different word or phrase. Often this is not after the poem is published, yet I have changed and added words after poems have been published. Thanks for the prompt, Sadje.
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You’re welcome my friend. Yup, some tweaking is always on the cards.
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Indeed, and agreed. ☺️
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👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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Well, l believe mistakes that stand to be corrected should be corrected.
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I agree, specially the glaring typos.
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I proofread and proofread again my posts before hitting PUBLISH, but nevertheless, I do find typos and grammatical errors when I reread them. And yes, if I find such errors, I will fix them. As to whether I think I could have written them better and made changes to rewrite what I previously posted, no, I don’t do that. Even when I do my Friday Flashback posts, I won’t rewrite what I previously posted, but if the original post had typos or misspellings or grammatical errors, I will correct those.
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Thanks for sharing Fandango. I think most bloggers are doing this. Errors do slip in and we can easily correct them. Re-writing is way more tedious and not everyone’s cup of tea
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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I think we all grimace after we post and wish we could do better. It’s just how the writer’s brain works I think.
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True! And others reading it are entertained by it.
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Hopefully so. All a writer wants is for people to enjoy the words as much as they did.
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I always enjoy reading your stories.
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That means a lot, thank you.
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Just the truth. If I’m too rushed I save your posts to read and comment when I have more time.
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That’s so wonderful of you, thank you.
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You’re welcome
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Always feel like this, but I know that the more I write, the better I get at my writing. I cringe at my old writings and I have actually gone back and edited the ones from 2017 and 2018 but otherwise, I just leave them. I want to go back and “fix” them all but it is too overwhelming.
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Fixing typos is something we all should do when we see them. But editing lots of past posts is too big a commitment. I think blogging is about self-expression. The now and current, so rewriting it may kill the spontaneity.
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If I find a typo I will fix it, but I really don’t revisit old posts much. Maybe I am afraid I will not like what I wrote… but then I can also usually tell how I was feeling and what was going on just by reading what I wrote so long ago. A good question Sadje!
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Thanks Leigha. A blog post is like a diary or journal entry. We can tell by reading it what was our state of mind at that point.
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You are welcome.
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❤️
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