I do this too, and it’s great. I’d much rather rewrite a comment six times and then write a function once than rewrite the function and re-modify all affected code six times.
Also, difficulty writing a clear, concise comment is a strong code smell indicating that you don’t sufficiently understand the following block of code. Much better to realise this at the comment stage than at the debugging stage.
Yes! Rewrite that comment until it's sound! Being able to write in spoken language what the code is doing is so often related to the writer's ability to write that code succinctly.
Also, difficulty writing a clear, concise comment is a strong code smell indicating that you don’t sufficiently understand the following block of code. Much better to realise this at the comment stage than at the debugging stage.