Why write a lengthy and potentially controversial piece if you know you haven’t time to engage with responses?
Look, I have a dayjob and I’m way behind on chores! I had a blog post idea that I’d been struggling with on-and-off for months, that I finally managed to finish a passable draft of and email to prereaders Sunday night. My prereaders thought it sucked (excerpts: “should ideally be a lot tighter. 2⁄3 the word count?”, “Don’t know why [this post] exists. It seems like you have something to say, so say it”), but on Monday night I was able to edit it into something that I wasn’t embarrassed to shove out the door—even if it wasn’t my best work. I have a dayjob videoconference meeting starting in two minutes. Can I maybe get back to you later???
Sure, whatever works for you. (Including not getting back to me later, of course. If what I wrote came across as trying to impose an obligation then I put it badly.) I hope the videoconference went well.
Look, I have a dayjob and I’m way behind on chores! I had a blog post idea that I’d been struggling with on-and-off for months, that I finally managed to finish a passable draft of and email to prereaders Sunday night. My prereaders thought it sucked (excerpts: “should ideally be a lot tighter. 2⁄3 the word count?”, “Don’t know why [this post] exists. It seems like you have something to say, so say it”), but on Monday night I was able to edit it into something that I wasn’t embarrassed to shove out the door—even if it wasn’t my best work. I have a dayjob videoconference meeting starting in two minutes. Can I maybe get back to you later???
Sure, whatever works for you. (Including not getting back to me later, of course. If what I wrote came across as trying to impose an obligation then I put it badly.) I hope the videoconference went well.