It depends. One on hand, it shows you have confidence in your work, and you do not rush or anything of the sort. However, I find King's words very wise. I believe it depends on the subject and how large the project is. On a short article about something I enjoy, I don't think I'd do a lot of rereading. On something larger, or even something I feel I'm stepping into the unknown, it's good to check back.

But, I still think it's always good to look back at your work, regardless of how amazing you are. It's safer that way, and who knows what you could fix...or maybe even see something you're doing that you could improve on. For you, I'd find a balance for this.

I used to not do that.

Then I tried it once and felt that I really should have been doing it this whole time.

Sooner or later you're going to miss something. It may not be today, it may not be tomorow, but it's good to get into the habit of checking your work so nothing slips through. Also, like ToM said, rereading your writing can help make it clearer and more concise.

I go back and check for little errors and such. But in terms of overall structure of the writing... most of the time, if I'm typing it up, I'm satisfied with it. If I'm not satisfied with an idea, I'll struggled to figure out the right way to put it in words before I actually put it on paper.

But regardless, I need to reread because I make sooooo many spelling mistakes.

I don't reread.

Should, but don't.

~EW~

I'm in agreement with Yannick and Lady K - you should always reread your work. Maybe if you had done that when you wrote the paper the night before you would have gotten a 95 instead of just a 90, because you would have caught some odd phrasings or misused words. Spell check, while a great tool, is not fool proof and should not be relied on 100%. When I'm typing along about how the 'fir' reached up to the sky when I mean 'fire,' spell check isn't going to know that, and the same thing goes for an infinite number of other examples.

So yes, you should double check what you write. At the very least, you should do it for your news stories, because I'm your boss and I'm telling you to.

I reread pretty much everything, even this comment that I am writing now, but my problem is that I skip over errors too often. I do notice the more obvious errors, but I skip over ones that require the sentence to be looked at a few times before you get the feeling that something is wrong. People have told me to try reading it out loud to myself, or to have another person check it, but I rarely do that.

Despite that, I think you should at least proofread your work. If you're aiming for a professional career in journalism or some sort of writing, then you're going to need it, because the standards are definitely going to get raised.

Thanks for all the feedback letting me know I should take this more seriously.

(And yes, Six, I reread news articles. )

-CF

So yes, you should double check what you write.

And yes, I agree with the people above. Just because I can get a 96 on a 14-page paper that I was literally writing up until the first minute of class the day it was due does not mean that should be my mode du jour of paper-writing.