I like to keep my writing as raw as possible. As close to the structure of the thoughts that formed it in my head, and as close to those ideas as I can maintain and articulate in the translation from thought to text.
Sometimes there is a required edit, or I will re-read post publishing, cringe (harshly) then make a few edits for clarity, or to include a missing word or phrase, or repeated character.
I am flawed, and so is my writing. I can read it out aloud to make it more refined, but I want to get those uncut diamonds out of my head and onto the page. Once it is out, and immutable - well, then, I can make revisions, and for anyone who cares to look and see - they can identify that I am capable of correcting my own mistakes and improving.
"I am flawed and so is my writing". Thanks, Imma start repeating it like a mantra until my writing block finally disappears. Less than 30 posts in four years of running a Hive blog, urgh, the cringe is real.
The flaws in myself and my writing, are what makes it interesting, I think.
More importantly, they make your writing look authentic. There's no way anyone could accuse you of using LLMs to create your posts.
(which is yet another reason I keep following your blog)
It is so easy to find unauthentic, non LLM content, too. It is easy to spot. You can find passion in the way something is written, or it can be boring as bat shit and formulaic.
One of the people who would edit some technical writing I did in my old job got me the greatest secret santa present, it was "PLAIN ENGLISH". I laughed and laughed and laughed, but it did definitely help me with clarifying intent in professional writing.
I write for me on HIVE, and if people happen to like it, that's awesome, and I'm grateful. For my own writing, I prefer for it to be flowery, poetic, and evocative. I'm not good at plain English, a lot of the time.
I sometimes fear I alienate people with my own diverse interests, but I have come to the conclusion today, in a discord chat that I am a part of, that I come to enjoy seeing all the sides of a person. If they post the one thing consistently, I am finding myself start to grow tired of the content, so I appreciate that people can share their whole-self because all of it is valuable and interesting.
In the age of AI, being flawed can be quite an advantage. It can show authenticity because AI written post from what I have observed tend to be very generic. They don't even use any cultural references and nuances that AI struggles to actually include those. For example, there's quite a difference between ESL and a native speaker writing. But with AI, those differences almost nonexistent. Even from what I understand too, even some of well-known writers and NY best-seller for instance break grammar rules.
And it is fine to break those rules, as long as the intent can still be understood! :)