I'd like to add that I think you get many varying opinions on a question like this is precisely because there are no hard and fast rules, mostly just opinions. Some well-founded, others not. Including mine. While Otis' suggestion sounds counter-intuitive to me, far be it from me to discount it. I won't. Especially since it came from a guy named Tony Colegrave. That guy certainly knows his stuff. There are a lot of roads to get to Rome, some better than others, no doubt. There are surely many techniques mentioned here that work, and some that in my opinion are misguided. But it's just my opinion, based on what I've learned, which isn't everything.

I think the last sentence in the above post is a very important point.