I often find myself wanting to write something, but am put off by my own process. I want a tag that conveys my writing has skipped my normal process, and thus likely a bit rougher than my other articles.

Consider what I put into a typical article:

• gather topic points and rough outline
• write first draft
• review and improve flow
• wait a day or two, review and edit language
• upload to grammar tool, make final adjustments
• post here, post there, post and promote everywhere

This certainly dissuades me from writing something quickly. Not all of my opinions are worthy of this process -- I'm willing to admit that. But sometimes I have something in my head and want to get it out!

I've used the #discuss tag for this before, but then I ended up framing it that way. For my previous post, I found the #healthydebate tag -- it appears new. Perhaps that's the right place.

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edA‑qa mort‑ora‑y ・ Apr 19 '19

#healthydebate #programming #interview #offthecuff

But I also tagged it #offthecuff. For those unfamiliar with the expression, off-the-cuff refers to doing something spontaneously, without a lot of planning or foresight.

What do you think?

I'm okay with aliasing the tag with #rambling or #curmudgeon. :)