I think this response is fully accounted for by adjusting editing time based on the importance of the work, as stated in the post.
If it’s only ~as important as your normal daily work, and you have to do 5 drafts to make it better than existing work on the topic, it’s probably not something you should write at all. Do something that will make a unique contribution on the first draft.
I think this response is fully accounted for by adjusting editing time based on the importance of the work, as stated in the post.
Yes, I did read this, but it’s just maybe a matter of different emphasis. I tend to think that more stuff people are working on is important enough to merit careful writing.
If it’s only ~as important as your normal daily work, and you have to do 5 drafts to make it better than existing work on the topic, it’s probably not something you should write at all. Do something that will make a unique contribution on the first draft.
I agree that you shouldn’t work on things that aren’t important, of course, and I think maybe people are ‘writing about too much stuff and writing too much’.
But I might disagree with
If it’s only ~as important as your normal daily work, and you have to do 5 drafts to make it better than existing work on the topic, it’s probably not something you should write at all.
I assume most EAs normal daily work is important. And I think that in the case that it is important, 5 drafts to make it ‘better than existing work’ may indeed be worth doing.
Do something that will make a unique contribution on the first draft.
I agree with ‘do something important’, but I think there are many, perhaps most, important areas in which at least enough has been written that ‘just a first draft’ will not make an important, unique contribution. Highlighting contribution because it may be unique, but if it is not well-communicated and rigorous it may not actually add anything.
I think this response is fully accounted for by adjusting editing time based on the importance of the work, as stated in the post.
If it’s only ~as important as your normal daily work, and you have to do 5 drafts to make it better than existing work on the topic, it’s probably not something you should write at all. Do something that will make a unique contribution on the first draft.
Yes, I did read this, but it’s just maybe a matter of different emphasis. I tend to think that more stuff people are working on is important enough to merit careful writing.
I agree that you shouldn’t work on things that aren’t important, of course, and I think maybe people are ‘writing about too much stuff and writing too much’.
But I might disagree with
I assume most EAs normal daily work is important. And I think that in the case that it is important, 5 drafts to make it ‘better than existing work’ may indeed be worth doing.
I agree with ‘do something important’, but I think there are many, perhaps most, important areas in which at least enough has been written that ‘just a first draft’ will not make an important, unique contribution. Highlighting contribution because it may be unique, but if it is not well-communicated and rigorous it may not actually add anything.