How much do you edit a post before finishing?

[Snow 6,939]

I don't find myself adding anything on, usually its just fixing spelling mistakes I notice only after posting and the dreaded posting on one of the counting games and realising I wasn't looking at the newest page so my number was way off 

[Nitobit 1,680]

I do too many edits before I post. It usually starts with a super detailed answer, then I remove some parts, because it sounded better in my head, then add other parts, because I've removed too much, until it's a completely different answer that I don't even want to post, and then I delete what's left, because I don't like what it says, and then people say I don't talk much, and they're right. 

[Sparklefan1234 169,368]

"How much do you edit a post before finishing?" Do you mean today? 😬

[Starlight Serenade 2,942]

On 2024-08-19 at 10:33 AM, Sparklefan1234 said:

"How much do you edit a post before finishing?" Do you mean today? 😬

I felt called out by this

[IronM17 5,335]

I have not anumber, but it appens really often that I edit my post before I finnish it. Mostly because I realize that I made some grammatical mistakes. English is not my mother language and sometimes, it happen that my sentence makes no sence in english or some words are written wrong why I change them before I finish them. 

[Iforgotmybrain 5,358]

It depends. Usually I just write out the post, reread, edit it maybe once or twice if needed and then post it. Sometimes after posting I’ll reread it again and realize I either made a typo or could’ve written something more clearly.

[Longhaul 6,831]

It's a process.  I usually edit it in my head before I start posting anything, and then there's usually a few revisions, checks for spelling mistakes, etc. before I can hit the Submit button.  I may even add on a thought or two or change some wording here and there as well.  

[returned_dragon 135]

I just come in and fire away with my ramblings without a second thought most of the time. 

There's a reason that the vast majority of posts are edited after the fact: Chukchi not reader, but writer.