The Writer s Digest team has witnessed many writing mistakes over the years, so we started this series to help identify them for other writers (along with correction strategies). This week s writing mistake is rushing the editing process.
think we can confirm, in this speech. told you. that kind of clarity takes time. he started on a draft two weeks ago. working on it almost every day with mike donalan and then line editing, asking for clarification, wanting more information. he s more of a night owl. he really likes to work in the afternoon and evening on speeches. he s a details guy and sometimes, he wants to bring in a policy person and ask more questions about what more to put in the speech. it speeds up on the way to the speech. the president looks at the country and he sees 10 million people still out of work. he sees the fact that we still have people dying every day of covid. we have made a lot of progress but the speech focuses on the work we have ahead. biden has seen his share of these addresses. he served 36 years in the senate. he s attended this speech as vice president for eight years. of anyone, he knows exactly what this opportunity is. this time, he s moving a few feet forward to center sta