Bad Edits Are Terrible – Don’t Make Bad Edits!

When editing a podcast:

• Chopping off part of a word is a bad edit and sounds terrible.
• Removing too much of the natural pause between a question and an answer (or between an answer and the next question) sounds unnatural and feels terrible.
• Unskillfully removing umms can make a conversation’s pacing sound artificial and unnatural.
• Removing “human” parts like laughing, pausing, struggling for a word, etc. can make a conversation sound sterile and lifeless.
• Cutting breaths in half sounds weird and is disruptive.

You get the idea.

What other examples am I forgetting? Comment below, rockstar!

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