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Go Back Home Writer, You're Drunk!

I will be the first to admit I write articles as fast as I can to get them published. I will also admit, I may have skipped over the editing portion a time or two during my writing career.  

The first article I had  wrote for an online company was on writing. I was asked by Associated Content to write a piece on the different styles of writing. I was about to miss the time frame so I skipped over editing and went straight to the review process.  

Now, if you have ever written for Associated Content or Yahoo! Contributor Network, you know that they go through an editor before they ever publish anything. Well, either this editor was in a hurry or he didn't exactly know how to edit. The article was amazing; it flowed well, it grabbed the readers attention, it was almost the perfect article except one thing; the title was misspelled. 

I didn't realize the title had been misspelled until I had a flood of comments, embarrassing comments, that shouted out YOU'RE A CRAPPY WRITER! Yup, that was me who wrote the article which had been read, re-read, and shared by thousands of individuals using it as an example of why you should proof-read everything before publishing.  

It took me a few days before I could contact the editor to have it changed, but during that process I spent six hours defending my work until I finally gave up. I was too ashamed to let anyone else know that I was the one who wrote it. I felt vulnerable.  

Once the article was changed, I got a letter from the editor stating that he overlooked it and apologized. I didn't know what to say. It wasn't entirely his fault; that was part of my job too.  

Every since then, I watched what I did and how I responded to other writer's work. I still criticize them but I do it privately, and not on their articles. I usually send them an email explaining what was wrong with the article and how they could possibly fix it. I became nice because of my experience. Now, this doesn't mean I am not going to debate something.  I still like a great debate. 
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