Don’t ever edit or rewrite something that you wrote in the past.

You’re supposed to muck up long lines with strike outs ad nauseum really killing the flow… what’s the justification for that? So you can be “true” to some kind of external judge and jury or self? Why?

I write a technical blog, it’s not an easy short read. I absolutely and without reserve, hesitation or guilt, will rewrite awkward or confusing verbiage as I come across it. Until I read this, I didn’t realize editing was a no-no. I think this is one of those made up rules that somebody thought sounded good at the time but serves no real purpose other than the blogger’s ego in some perverse way.

In sum, your internal editor and judge is the only one who cares whether your entries remain “pure”. Nobody else cares. All a visitor will notice is how crappy it reads and they may even think you’re lazy for not fixing it. Anything else is a disservice to readers.