Editing Substack Newsletters After Publishing Them
I have a habit of looking over what I've written after I've published it.
If I notice a stylistic problem, I'll correct it.
If I think of a substantive change, I'll insert it in the text and explicitly note it as an update.
While post-publication corrections might be fine for a blog or Facebook post, I'm realizing it's not so good for a newsletter. Subscribers might rely on the email version – and might never see the update on the web.
So I intend to shift my habitual post-publication check to a final pre-publication check.
I could always look at the published version again. But I need to stop using post-publication re-reading as an opportunity for a final edit.
Have you edited any of your newsletters after publication?
How have you handled updates to your published newsletters?
I tried to edit something and it said Post out of date? It hasn't been a week yet. What does this mean?
I think that's wise and a good approach! I've done it over and over again.. It's sort of endless as your writing will continue to improve day after day. Bit by bit. Your writing isn't the same as it was a couple of months ago. I believe this way, the aim for perfection gets in the way of improvement. Better focus on something new, improving it, making it better than you thought you could. It's the probably the best you could deliver in that moment. In some ways there is beauty in that. To be able to see the learning curve. Thanks for writing this!