vonjobi writes “Dean Alfar spoke about the need for guerilla writing at i blog: The 1st Philippine Blogging Summit. Here are his five tips for bloggers on the move:
1. Write when you can.
2. Have small goals.
3. Write without editing.
4. Stop when you must.
5. Spit and polish.”
About that #3
It is distracting to readers, who may move on, to read “principle” instead of “principal” or “rein” instead of “reign.”
Re:About that #3 ….. the ones you have mentioned are major mistakes, I think that some typos or misspellings might not be as distracting as you suggest in this day of “text messaging” short-hand and so on, for better or for worse.
Yet many will tolerate “i” instead if “I”, “u r” instead of “you are,” etc.