A
couple of lessons I’m learning as a customer, which carry greater meaning for
me as a writer:
1.
Saying
‘coming soon’ too often gets tiresome.
Either
set a date in stone, or say nothing until such time as you can.
2.
Typos
and incorrect facts are REALLY annoying.
Maybe
I feel this one more than most because a mild OCD exerts its influence on my
life more heavily than it should. Nevertheless, imperfection becomes irritating,
so I try to be meticulous about spelling in my own work.
Of
course, where facts are concerned, an incorrect one is only spottable if you
know better than what is written. There will always be someone who knows
better, however. Someone who genuinely
knows better, as opposed to someone being argumentative for the sake of it.
I
know there have been occasions where I’ve written a statement based on being
75% sure (at best) that it’s correct. Now the realisation has struck that I
need to be more meticulous, rather than making vague pronouncements that
decrease the probability of being taken seriously.
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