I've long been an adherent of "the only good writing is rewriting school." Which is somewhat anathema in the weblog community. Chip Scanlan, a writing coach at the Poynter Institute, has crystallized, better than I could, a number of salient reasons to plan and think around rewriting. Nothing earth shattering but it's always comforting to know that I'm in line with the guys who have to write on a daily basis.
Memo to self: reedit some of these older weblog entries.