Writing Pre-Publishing Checklist

Table of Contents

• Core Principles
• Workflow
• Check Details
• Guardrails
• Quick Reference

Related skills: Use writing-structure-planner for planning structure, writing-revision for deep prose revision, writing-stickiness for memorable messaging.

Core Principles

1. Systematic, not subjective: Follow the checklist completely, don't skip sections
2. Fresh eyes perspective: Read as if seeing the piece for the first time
3. Binary decisions: Each check item is pass/fail, not "sort of"
4. Flag, don't fix: Identify issues and present to user rather than silently fixing
5. Final gate, not revision: This catches remaining issues, not does deep rewriting