Tips for editing your writing

Some good tips here!

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No matter what type of writing you do, it can be easy to miss your own mistakes in the editing process. Since you wrote the words, you often read what you intended to write (and not what is actually written). You can’t see any flaws in your writing because you’re just too close to it.

Use these five tips to edit your own work more effectively — and to improve your writing.

1. Let Your Writing Rest for a Few Hours or Days

The more distance you put between yourself and your writing, the easier it is to make improvements and find mistakes. When possible, let important writing sit for a few days. When you pick up the material again, it’s almost like proofing someone else’s work.

If you don’t have the luxury of letting your work sit for days, then a few hours will have to do. Find another…

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2 comments on “Tips for editing your writing
  1. BAMWrites says:

    Great advice. I also like to either print and read later or read the doc as a pdf while reading later.

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  2. vinneve says:

    So true!
    Happy NY 2016! 🙂

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