5 Terrible Ways to Edit Your Content
What they are and how to avoid them in your content.
If you create content long enough, you end up making all of the mistakes. And some of the mistakes that I’ve made over and over again is in editing my work.
I’ve written a couple of other articles about the importance of editing and the different techniques I use to edit my writing well.
Over the years, I’ve also learned (and unfortunately experienced) five terrible ways to edit your content.
Let’s talk about those five mistakes.
1. Don’t Polish Out The Truth
When you consume a really great piece of content, you naturally recognize the truth — at least one person’s truth about a topic. Truth in content is raw vulnerability.
It’s what separates mediocre content from content that lingers long after you finish the last sentence.
Please don’t edit out the truth in your content.
I get why we do it. The truth can feel too raw and too vulnerable. Many times we don’t want to be so exposed to the world. Yet, it’s this naked expression that elevates our content above the average pedantic prose.
