I also suggest letting your piece "set" or "cool" for a couple of days before hitting the "publish" key. I am often surprised (annoyed, or bored) by extraneous stuff I wrote in a first draft, and glad I read and edited the thing before putting it out there. A little distance goes a long way here (as it does for any writing). Of course, you can always edit once published, but you may have lost a few followers in the interim.

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Sylvia Mulholland JD,MFA
Sylvia Mulholland JD,MFA

Written by Sylvia Mulholland JD,MFA

AneriCanadian half Ukrainian trademark attorney & writer. Sloan Foundation Fellowship from AFI. Published three novels, two traditional publishers. On BlieSky a

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This is good advice that I should follow more often!

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This!
In fact I’m no writer, just here for the distraction, and looking at past replies to posts on here…I’m not even sure what I was trying to say sometimes 😅

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