"afterthink" meaning in English

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          "text": "Do not afterthink except for poetic or P.S. reasons. Never afterthink to \"improve\" or defray impressions, as the best writing is always the most painful personal wrung-out tossed from cradle warm protective mind – tap from yourself the song of yourself, blow! – now! [...]",
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