07-04-2016, 08:49 PM
For me, if someone points out I have typed thr instead of the, or, as I believe the first crit I received here was rowen's suggestion I examine my "it's", 
, I will make a quick edit. But even a reminder that a question is mising a question mark will take more time as I examine the poem with and without it.
I am constantly placing commas and removing them, changing them to semicolons and semicolons to periods and back again: My decisions are time consuming.
A word used unconventionally may be a choice, a tense confusion may be an error or the only way I can make the poem work, bringing something I want. IMO proofreading is the same as any other crit in that it should be seriously considered by the OP and acted upon as they think best suits their poem.
, I will make a quick edit. But even a reminder that a question is mising a question mark will take more time as I examine the poem with and without it.I am constantly placing commas and removing them, changing them to semicolons and semicolons to periods and back again: My decisions are time consuming.
A word used unconventionally may be a choice, a tense confusion may be an error or the only way I can make the poem work, bringing something I want. IMO proofreading is the same as any other crit in that it should be seriously considered by the OP and acted upon as they think best suits their poem.
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