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title: "Corrections"
url: https://othercommunications.com/series/corrections
description: "The correction is the only part of public writing whose subject is its own failure. These essays argue that it deserves the same craft as the announcement, and that."
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# Corrections

Series D · plates 13 to 16

The correction is the only part of public writing whose subject is its own failure. These essays argue that it deserves the same craft as the announcement, and that keeping a record of corrections changes how an organisation writes everything else.

[D · Plate 13 · The Anatomy of a Correction · 531 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/the-anatomy-of-a-correction)

[D · Plate 14 · Correcting Without Relitigating · 548 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/correcting-without-relitigating)

[D · Plate 15 · What a Correction Log Is For · 506 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/what-a-correction-log-is-for)

[D · Plate 16 · The Half-Life of a Mistake · 542 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/the-half-life-of-a-mistake)

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