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Somebody writes:
> 
> I don't write poetry.  If I did, though, I could imagine there being
> times when I wanted to express a thought exactly as it had come to me,
> in the hopes of simply mirroring the thought, and not relating it to
> someone else.

FWIW, I rewrite my poetry a lot heavier than I do my fiction.  

> In almost every other genre of writing, however, a general rule of thumb
> for someone whose purpose is to -relate- the thought would be to
> consider, above all, the audience.  This is most effectively done after
> the thought is written.  Hence, the value of editing.

Bingo.

	Larry "I never get it right the first time" Hammer
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